Female Muslim MP Anne Aly and Indigenous MP Linda Burney share common ground

By Nicole Hasham
Updated July 24 2016 - 8:08am, first published 7:42am
Trailblazers: Barton MP Linda Burney and Cowan MP Dr Anne Aly. Photo: Mark Jesser
Trailblazers: Barton MP Linda Burney and Cowan MP Dr Anne Aly. Photo: Mark Jesser

"You're not really Australian because you're brown," Anne Aly was told as an Egyptian-born child growing up among white, freckled children in Sydney's western suburbs.

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