Tania Mihailuk

Tania Mihailuk is an Australian politician who served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Bankstown from 2011 to 2023, as a member of the Labor Party, and later as a member of One Nation from October 2022 to March 2023.[2] She ran for the Legislative Council on the One Nation ticket in 2023, for which the results have not been determined.[3][4]

Tania Mihailuk
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
for Bankstown
In office
26 March 2011 – 1 March 2023
Preceded byTony Stewart
Succeeded byJihad Dib
Personal details
Born5 May 1976 [1]
Political partyOne Nation (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations		Labor Party (until 2022)
Independent (2022–2023)
SpouseAlex Kuskoff
Alma materMacquarie University
OccupationPolitician

Mihailuk became the first woman to represent Bankstown in its 80-plus-year history. She previously served as mayor of the City of Bankstown, a position she held from 2006 to 2012.

Background and education

Mihailuk attended Macquarie University and graduated with a degree in economics and later a degree in law. She has worked in various industries, including marketing and public policy.[5]

Political career

Mihailuk was elected to Bankstown Council in 2004 and became mayor in 2006. She was endorsed as the Labor candidate for Bankstown in November 2010 after sitting member Tony Stewart announced his resignation.[6] She stated she would resign from council if she won, which she did, having suffered a swing against her of more than 15 points, as part of the Coalition's landslide election win.[7]

On 20 September 2022, Mihailuk used parliamentary privilege to link Canterbury-Bankstown Council mayor, Khal Asfour, to corrupt former Labor Minister Eddie Obeid. On 23 September, Labor Opposition Leader, Chris Minns, demoted Mihailuk from the Shadow Cabinet.[8][9] On 20 October 2022, Mihailuk resigned from the NSW Labor Party, claiming that the party was "plagued by corruption"[10] and that it was "too woke".[11]

On 17 January 2023, Mihailuk announced that she would be running second on the One Nation ticket at the upcoming 2023 New South Wales state election for the Legislative Council, behind party leader Mark Latham.[12] Before that, in 2017 when she was a Labor MP she criticised One Nation and Mark Latham.[13][14] Mihailuk officially resigned from the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on 1 March 2023.[15]

Personal life

Mihailuk resides in Bankstown with her husband, Alex, and has three children.

Notes

    References
    1. "Member for Bankstown". Hansard. 5 May 2021.
    2. "Ms Tania MIHAILUK, BEc, LLB MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
    3. Rabe, Tom; Cormack, Lucy (17 January 2023). "Former Labor MP switches to One Nation weeks before NSW election". The Age. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
    4. @taniamihailukmp (1 March 2023). "N/A" – via Instagram.
    5. Tania Mihailuk, NSW Labor Party. Retrieved 26 August 2014
    6. Vella, Joanne (30 November 2010). "Tania Mihailuk wins preselection for Bankstown". Cantebury-Bankstown Express. News Limited. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
    7. "Bankstown – NSW Votes 2011". ABC News. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
    8. Gramenz, Jack (23 September 2022). "NSW Labor boots MP from shadow cabinet". The Canberra Times. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
    9. McGowan, Michael (23 September 2022). "Chris Minns defends swift sacking of Tania Mihailuk after corruption allegations". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
    10. Cockburn, Paige (20 October 2022). "NSW Labor MP Tania Mihailuk resigns from party, says Labor not ready to govern". ABC News. Australia: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
    11. https://canberraweekly.com.au/labor-too-woke-for-turncoat-nsw-mp-tania-mihailuk/
    12. Rabe, Tom; Cormack, Lucy (17 January 2023). "Former Labor MP switches to One Nation weeks before NSW election". The Age. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
    13. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/17/former-nsw-labor-mp-joins-one-nation-despite-previously-labelling-mark-latham-a-buffoon
    14. https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Hansard/Pages/HansardResult.aspx#/docid/HANSARD-1323879322-99492
    15. @taniamihailukmp (1 March 2023). "N/A" – via Instagram.
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