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Tania Mihailuk

Tania Mihailuk (born 5 May 1976) is an Australian politician, currently serving as member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2023. She served as mayor of the City of Bankstown from 2006 to 2011.

Mihailuk was the first woman to represent Bankstown in the electoral district's history, serving in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2023. She initially served as a member of the Labor Party before resigning from the party in 2022. She joined One Nation in January 2023 and ran for the Legislative Council on the party's ticket at the March election, at which she was unsuccessful. Mihailuk was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council on 10 May 2023, filling a casual vacancy created by the resignation of Mark Latham, shortly before the 2023 New South Wales state election.

Mihailuk attended Macquarie University and graduated with a degree in economics and in law. She later obtained a Master of Law from the University of Sydney. She has worked in various industries, including marketing and public policy.

Mihailuk was elected to Bankstown Council in 2004 and became mayor in 2006.

In November 2010, Mihailuk was endorsed as the Labor candidate for Bankstown after sitting member Tony Stewart announced his resignation. She stated she would resign from council if she won, which she did, having suffered a swing against her of more than 15 points, as part of the Coalition's landslide election win.

On 20 September 2022, Mihailuk used parliamentary privilege to link Canterbury-Bankstown Council mayor, Khal Asfour, to corrupt former Labor Minister Eddie Obeid, which was a stark contrast with her prominent thanks of Asfour in her maiden parliamentary speech for being her campaign director. On 23 September, Labor Opposition Leader, Chris Minns, demoted Mihailuk from the Shadow Cabinet. On 20 October 2022, Mihailuk resigned from the NSW Labor Party, claiming that the party was "plagued by corruption" and that it was "too woke".

During her tenure, she held various shadow ministerial roles:

Shadow Minister for Fair Trading, Healthy Lifestyles, Volunteering and Youth
(21 October 2011 – 8 April 2015)

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