Crossbench Senator Tammy Tyrrell has declared being a politician “is the strangest experience” as she used her first speech to parliament to vow to represent “normal people”, like the long-term unemployed and Australians who are struggling to make ends meet.
The Tasmanian, who supports increases to welfare payments, like Jobseeker, to improve the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the country, could be a key vote on contentious pieces of legislation in this parliament and the next.
