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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tory Shepherd

From monk to multilingual dolphin whisperer: who is Sam Lim, Labor’s new West Australian MP?

WA Labor MP Sam Lim
‘As a police officer I bring integrity to everything I do’: Sam Lim says his priority in Canberra will be establishing a national integrity commission. Photograph: ABC

Labor’s Sam Lim speaks English, Indonesian, Malay, a handful of Chinese languages – and dolphin.

The newly elected member for Tangney is a former dolphin trainer, a one-time Buddhist monk, an award-winning police officer and a fan of that divisive fruit the durian.

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