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Alison Nampitjinpa Anderson (born 1958)〔http://www.daao.org.au/bio/alison-nampitjinpa-anderson/〕 is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since 2005, representing the electorates of MacDonnell (2005-2012) and Namatijra (2012-present). Currently an independent, she has previously served as a minister for both the Australian Labor Party and Country Liberal Party and been territory leader of the Palmer United Party. Anderson entered the Northern Territory Assembly as a star candidate for the Australian Labor Party at the 2005 election. She was re-elected unopposed as the Member for MacDonnell in the August 2008 Territory election and with the subsequent return of the Henderson Labor Government was appointed to Cabinet. She held the positions of Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Heritage; Minister for Parks and Wildlife; Minister for Arts and Museums; and Minister for Indigenous Policy. She left the Cabinet and the Labor Party in 2009 after a dispute over indigenous housing, and sat as an independent for two years. She then joined the opposition Country Liberal Party in 2011 and was elected as a Country Liberal candidate at the 2012 election. She resigned from the CLP in 2014, along with two other indigenous MPs, briefly becoming an independent once again. However, on 27 April 2014 it was announced that that the three MLAs had joined the Palmer United Party, with Anderson serving as parliamentary leader. She resigned from Palmer United to sit as an independent on 29 November 2014, and sat as an independent until rejoining the Country Liberal Party on 3 February 2015. Anderson speaks six indigenous languages: Anmatyerre, Luritja, Pitjantjatjara, Warlpiri, Western Arrernte and Yankunytjatjara. She is also an accomplished artist.〔Jopson, Deborah. "Desert Politician at the Centre". ''The Age'', 2 August 2003.〕 She is among Australia's most senior indigenous politicians, and has been a prominent indigenous activist, including as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) Central Zone Commissioner. (See: List of Indigenous Australian politicians) ==Early life and career== Anderson was born in the remote community of Haasts Bluff and was raised in a number of other communities, including Hermannsburg and Papunya. She moved to Alice Springs to attend school, studying at Traeger Park School, Alice Springs High School, and St Philip's College. She subsequently received a Diploma of Community Management from the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education.〔"("Member for MacDonnell: Alison Anderson" ). ''nt.alp.org.au''. Accessed 26 June 2007.〕 Returning to Papunya, she was elected chief executive officer of the Papunya Community Council in 1985, a role which she fulfilled until handing it over to her husband, Steve Handley, in 2000.〔Skelton, Russell. "Couple's rift exposes years of corruption". ''The Age'', 16 October 2005.〕 She thereby became a prominent representative for the town, then as now one of the country's most impoverished communities, where basic services failed entirely at times. In this role, Anderson was heavily involved throughout the 1990s in conflicts with successive Country Liberal Party territory governments over the provision of electricity, education, and health services.〔Slattery, Luke. "Papunya Blacks Face Winter Without Power". ''The Age'', 8 June 1992.〕〔Alexander, Paul. "Aborigine Community a Symbol of Neglect". ''Associated Press'', 14 February 1993.〕〔Jopson, Deborah. "Black Call For Silent Moment". ''Associated Press'', 11 November 1995.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alison Anderson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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