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Dominic Giannini

How a mother's death from tsunami birthed an activist

Former environmental lawyer Steph Hodgins-May says calls for greater climate action must be heeded. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

The aftershocks and debris from the tsunami that killed her mother in Samoa reinforced the need for climate justice and Australia needed to heed the warnings of its Pacific neighbours, a new Greens senator says. 

Former environmental lawyer turned Victorian representative Steph Hodgins-May has used her first speech in the Senate to call for more action on climate change after speaking with high-level officials in the region.

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