Overview

• France delivered her maiden address to parliament on July 22, recounting her journey from a life-threatening car accident and leg amputation to the House of Representatives
• She paid an emotional tribute to her 19-year-old son Henry, saying his courage and final words drove her campaign to unseat a former opposition leader
• France publicly thanked trauma surgeon Martin Wullschleger and orthopaedic surgeon Munjed Al Muderis for pioneering surgeries that enabled her to walk again
• She acknowledged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Queensland Labor figure Steven Miles as her greatest political believers who sustained her third bid for Dickson
• Her entry marks one of the first terms for a woman with a disability in the lower house and the first time a federal opposition leader has lost their own seat