It’s just as well that Bisma Asif is fluent in Hindi, Urdu and English in addition to her native tongue, Punjabi, because the Labor candidate for the northern Brisbane seat of Sandgate used all four languages door-knocking her way to become the first Muslim elected to Queensland parliament last Saturday.
The 28-year-old, who was born in Lahore, says that multilingualism gave her an edge in connecting with voters in her adopted home of Brisbane’s northern bayside suburbs.
