Page 7 - Sam Lim News Today

Labor candidate Sam Lim managed to flip the Perth seat of Tangney, becoming the first to do so in almost four decades.

A clip of newly elected MP for Tangney Sam Lim waxing lyrical about his love for dolphins and his dolphin training past has gone viral.

The Labor caucus will be notably more diverse, with the likely addition of six MPs from non-European, non-Indigenous backgrounds.

The highlight of Sam Lim’s career – until Saturday night when he ousted one of Scott Morrison’s closest advisers from what had been a safe Liberal seat – was his time working in Malaysia as a dolphin trainer.

In what marks another upset in the Coalitions WA bloodbath, Sam Lim is set to become the member for Tangney.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian-born Sam Lim, 60, pulled a surprise win for the Australian Labour Party for the seat of Tangney on Sunday (May 22).

Perth has turned red as in a bloodbath for the Liberal party, delivering four blue-ribbon seats to Labor wi...

In 2019 then Labor leader Bill Shorten was defeated with 33.34 per cent of the primary vote but Anthony Albanese declared victory in 2022 with 32 per cent of the primary vote.

PETALING JAYA: Two Malaysian-born people have made headway in the Australian federal election.

M'sian-born Penny Wong is also tipped to become Australia's foreign minister.