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Maeve Bannister

First hijab-wearing woman elected for WA

Labor's Fatima Payman has fulfilled her goal to become the first hijab-wearing parliamentarian. (AAP)

Australia's newest senator Fatima Payman is the first Afghan-born Australian elected to parliament.

The 27-year-old from Perth will also be the first elected representative to wear a hijab.

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