Jacqui Lambie stuns in dress at Midwinter Ball

She said yes to the dress and almost broke the Internet. A photo posted by Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie taken in the Marble Hall at Parliament House in Canberra before she attended the Midwinter Ball charity event has created a stir.

SHE said yes to the dress and almost broke the Internet.

A photo posted by Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie taken in the Marble Hall at Parliament House in Canberra before she attended the Midwinter Ball charity event has created a stir.

And the broad consensus from the more than 4000 people who commented on her Facebook post is that the Burnie-based politician certainly “scrubs up alright.”

Senator Lambie bought the dress from Bezoni Clothing Factory in Westfield Belconnen and she had her hair styled at Missy’s Magic Styles.

“Let me tell you, this was a good lesson in shopping locally rather than buying stuff online,” she said.

MID WINTER BALL

“I bought something online and it didn’t quite fit right, so I had to make a mad dash to the Belconnen shopping centre here in Canberra at the last minute.

“It took me 20 minutes to get the dress, shoes, clutch and earrings. Thank god for the lovely retail staff who helped me out.

“I’m usually in my Rossi boots running around Tassie, so it was nice to get dressed up for a night.”

‘I will get things wrong’: Tyrrell’s hope for normal people

Tasmania’s newest Senator Tammy Tyrrell has promised she will get things wrong during her six years in the Senate, but has asked for the grace to make mistakes – something she says will encourage other “normal people” to become politicians.

During her first speech in the Senate, the second elected member of the Jacqui Lambie Network said she didn’t want to act like a politician.

“I don’t want this job to change me, I don’t want the normal to be drained out of me,” Ms Tyrrell said.

“Politics is the only place where if you change your mind, you’re punished, you’re a flipper flopper, you can’t be trusted.
“I am telling you now, I will get things wrong.”

Tammy Tyrrell FIRST SPEECH

She said people needed to cut politicians some slack for changing their minds to allow normal people to get into politics.

“You’re making it impossible for normal people to get involved in politics, you’re marking them down for doing something regular people do,” Ms Tyrrell said.

“I like being modest enough to say I’ve learned more and I was wrong.”

Ms Tyrrell hoped she’d inspire more people to run for politics.

“I want to show people that regular people can be good at this,” she said.

“I want people like me to look at me here and say ‘if she can do it so can I’, because you can and you should.”

The new Senator also reflected on Tasmania’s unemployment woes, speaking of her 15 years working for unemployment services to help those struggling to find work back on their feet.

“Tasmania has places where people grow up watching their parents be unemployed,” Ms Tyrrell said.

“I’ve seen bright, funny, confident people get broken by a long stint out of work … it’s a kind of trauma, it’s bloody hard to come back from.”

“Decent people deserve decent work for decent pay, that’s what I care about.”

Tammy Tyrrell FIRST SPEECH

Ms Tyrrell also paid respects to Eric Abetz who lost his seat to Ms Tyrrell.

“Former Senator Eric Abetz had a vision for what would make Tasmania an even better place to live,” she said.

“For nearly three decades, he committed himself to making that vision a reality, it’s not my vision though, I don’t share his politics.

“I think he was wrong about what Tasmania needs, but he had an honestly held view that what he was fighting for was what’s right for our state and I admire him for that.
“It’s what I want to do, I’m just going to do it a little bit differently.”

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