Senate Lecture Series by Trish Crossin AM and Gary Humphries AO: 50 years of Territory representation in the state
5 December 2025
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Special Events Australian Parliament
15:19 - 15:47
And welcome to the final lecture in our twenty twenty five senate lecture series. My name's Jackie Morris. I'm the deputy clerk of the senate. We're meeting today at Parliament House, which is on the lands of the Ngunnawal and Nambri people, and I'd like to acknowledge their elders past, present, and emerging. I also extend our acknowledgement to any First Nations people who are joining us today in the audience.
15:48 - 16:48
Speaker 7
Today's lecture will be livestreamed on the APH website, so welcome to those of you who are joining us that way. And if time permits, we'll have a Q and A session for members of the audience. So if you listen to the lectures, might be wanting to think, well, what's a point you can tease out afterwards? It's my pleasure to introduce our two presenters today, former senators Trish Crosson AM and Gary Humphries AO. Our first speaker is Trish Crosson.
Trish represented the Northern Territory in the Senate from 1998 to 2013 and was the first woman to represent the NT in the federal parliament. During her time in the senate, she held positions as chair of the senate legal and constitutional affairs committee, deputy whip, and a temporary chair of committees. She's now the chair of the Gordon Institute of TAFE in Victoria and a director on a number of boards in the not for profit sector. Would you please join me in welcoming Trish Crosson?
16:55 - 17:35
Speaker 2
Thanks, thanks, Jackie. Good afternoon, everyone. It's certainly been an honor to be invited to present this lecture today and to come back into this building where I spent so many hours and days, of my life. But I want to begin by also acknowledging the Ngunnawal people, the traditional custodians of the land we're gathering on today, and to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of the ACT. I also want to acknowledge, and welcome any other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who may be attending today's event.
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