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Who Am I
Who Am I
My parents split up when I was 13 years old, and I spent my teenage years living in a housing
estate in Davenport.
My poor attendance and poor performance at school led me to leave at the end of year 11.
I soon decided to join the Australian army at age 18, unaware that I was a few weeks
pregnant at the time.
I spent 11 years working in the army as a single mother. First in transport and later in the
military police.
While in the army, I met the father of my second child.
I achieved the rank of corporal, but I was charged and demoted for assaulting a male fellow
officer.
In 1997, sustained a back injury which led to a medical discharge.
I battled depression and alcoholism for several years, while living on a disability pension and
struggling with the Department of Veteran Affairs over compensation for my injury.
I became involved in politics, first volunteering for Labour Senator Nick Sherry, and later
joining the Liberal Party and losing the preselection for the federal division of Braddon in
2011.
I left the Liberal Party and sold my house in order to run as an independent. But I soon joined
billionaire Clive Palmers Palmer United Party, to run, successfully, for the Tasmanian senate
in 2013.
In my 2014 maiden Senate speech, I caused controversy by stating that I was aboriginal. A
claim that had been disputed by indigenous elders.
I have continued to court controversy inside and outside federal parliament, expressing
concern about a possible Chinese invasion of Australia, stating my admiration for Russian
leader Vladimir Putin, and calling for a bad on the Islamic burqa.
My first name begins with J
My second name begins with L
My first name is Jacquie.
Who am I?
Jacqui Lambie