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Lloyd Jones

Trailblazing Labor senator hailed after sudden death

Labor's Trish Crossin gave her valedictory speech in the Senate in 2013. She has died aged 70. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

Trish Crossin, the Northern Territory's first female senator who fought for women's and First Nations' rights, has died aged 70, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese leading the tributes.

The former Arnhem Land schoolteacher served in the Senate for Labor between 1998 and 2013.

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