Nova Peris
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Senator for the Northern Territory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 7 September 2013 – 9 May 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Trish Crossin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Malarndirri McCarthy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Nova Maree Peris 25 February 1971 Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Australian Labor Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Sean Kneebone (1995–2001) Daniel Batman (2002–2010) Scott Appleton (2012–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nova Maree Peris
Sporting career
Peris was a representative in the
Peris continued to represent Australia on the athletics track, running over 200 metres at the
In the Olympic year of 2000, a portrait of her was hung in the Sporting Archibald Prize, painted by Glenda Jones.[3]
In 2005, she sold her Olympic memorabilia to the National Museum of Australia for $140,000.[4] It included her gold medal, hockey stick, Sydney Olympic torch and the running shoes she wore in the Sydney Olympics.[5]
Political career
On 22 January 2013 the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced she would invite Peris to join the Australian Labor Party and stand as a candidate for the Senate in the Northern Territory at the 2013 election.[6] On 29 January 2013 her preselection was endorsed by the ALP executive 19 votes to 2, meaning her name was placed first on the ALP's senate ticket in the Northern Territory, supporting the likelihood that she would become Australia's first female Indigenous federal parliamentarian.[7]
On 7 September 2013 Peris became Australia's first Indigenous woman elected to federal parliament.[8] Peris was sworn into parliament on 12 November, and noted the apology to the stolen generation in her maiden speech.[9][10]
Peris announced on 24 May 2016 that she would not nominate to re-contest her Senate seat at the 2016 federal election.[11][12] Fairfax and the ABC reported that Peris was one of the frontrunners being considered to replace Jason Mifsud as head of diversity for the Australian Football League (AFL).[11] Malarndirri McCarthy announced on 25 May 2016 that she had been invited by Labor to nominate herself as Peris' Senate replacement and that she would do so.[13] Nova Peris's Senate term ended at the double dissolution of 9 May 2016.
Other roles
As of November 2020[update] Peris is an Ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.[14]
Personal life
Peris was born in
Peris met Sean Kneebone when she was 17, they had a daughter in 1990, married in 1995 and divorced in 2001. While married to Kneebone, she adopted the surname Peris-Kneebone but reverted following their divorce.[16]
In March 2002 she married Daniel Batman;[16] and they had two children but they separated in 2010[17] and Batman died in a car crash in June 2012.[18]
Peris married Scott Appleton on 12 August 2012.
Peris has three children: Jessica (with Kneebone) and Destiny and Jack (with Batman). She became a grandmother at the age of 40.[19]
Peris' autobiography, Nova: My Story was released on 4 April 2003.[16][20]
In 2019, Peris competed in the
In 2020 she sued for defamation over brief comments made by Jacinta Price on the television program Studio 10.[22]
Her son Jack is a footballer for the
She identifies as
Controversy
In October 2014, explicit emails between Peris and athlete Ato Boldon were leaked to the press.[24] The emails were used as the basis for allegations that Peris had used her role as an ambassador for Athletics Australia to organise a trip to Australia for Boldon as part of the "Jump Start to London" athletics program, during which she intended to engage in an affair with the athlete.[25] Boldon subsequently described the accusations as containing "gross fabrications" and threatened legal action.[26] Speaking in Parliament on 30 October, Peris denied wrongdoing, and alleged that the release of the emails was part of a blackmail attempt in regard to the child custody battle.[24]
Recognition
- 2023 – Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee [27]
See also
References
- ^ Nova Peris entry on The Australian Women's Register
- hdl:10070/218087. Archived from the originalon 22 March 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Current and previous exhibitions, National Portrait Gallery".
- ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 March 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ Nova Peris collection at the National Museum of Australia
- ^ Cullen, Simon (22 January 2013). "Gillard picks Nova Peris to run for Senate". ABC News. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ Kenny, Mark (29 January 2013). "Olympian's run for senate endorsed". The Age. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ Laughland, Oliver (7 September 2013). "Nova Peris becomes first Indigenous woman in federal parliament". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ "Emotional speech from Australia's first Indigenous female Senator". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 12 November 2013.
- ^ "FIRST SPEECH – Senator PERIS (Northern Territory)". Senate Hansard. Parliament of Australia. 13 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Nova Peris will not stand for re-election". SBS News. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Nova Peris: Tearful Indigenous MP quits Australia Senate - BBC News". BBC News. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Malarndirri McCarthy puts hat in the ring for Nova Peris Senate seat". ABC News. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Ambassadors - About". Australian Indigenous Education Foundation. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ Hersh, Philip (22 September 2000). "Across generations". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ a b c Hamer, Michelle (30 March 2003). "Some lines you don't cross". The Age. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ "Like a bat outta hell for London" Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Canberra Times, 16 December 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2012
- ^ Frost, Carleen; Turner, Ellie (26 June 2012). "Australian Olympian Daniel Batman killed in NT car crash". Herald-Sun. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ "Peris no stranger to challenges". Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ISBN 0733311660. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ McKnight, Robert (21 May 2019). "Major cast details leaked for AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR: CHAMPIONS vs CONTENDERS". TV Blackbox. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ Hayman-Reber, Madeline (31 January 2020). "Nova Peris sues Jacinta Price over 2019 Studio 10 appearance". SBS. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Biography - Nova Peris - Indigenous Australia. (n.d.). https://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/peris-nova-17821
- ^ a b Farr, Malcolm. (30 October 2014). "Senator Nova Peris breaks silence over Ato Boldon sex email scandal", Herald Sun. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ Levy, Megan. (29 October 2014). "Bill Shorten backs Nova Peris despite rort allegations". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "Senator Nova Peris scandal: Ato Boldon responds to claims", (29 October 2014). News.com.au. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "2023 SAHOF Inductees | Sport Australia Hall of Fame". 4 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
External links
- Nova Peris at IMDb
- Transcript of Nova Peris interview on Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, 31 March 2003
- Peris, Nova at The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
- Summary of parliamentary voting for Senator Nova Peris on TheyVoteForYou.org.au
- Nova Peris at World Athletics
- Nova Peris at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Nova Peris at Olympedia
- Nova Peris at the Australian Olympic Committee