Barina Waqa

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Barina Waqa

Barina Waqa is Secretary for Multi-Cultural Affairs in the Department of Justice and Border Control in Nauru . She is Nauru's first female lawyer.

2006 Waqa received a scholarship ( Australian Regional Development Scholarship ) by Australia Awards for Development and earned a degree in Law at the University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu . She previously held the position of Principal Legal Officer in the Department of Justice and Border Control.

In 2011 she received another scholarship from the Australian Bar Association , after which she was able to complete a trial advocacy course in Western Australia .

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Individual evidence

  1. Australia Awards in Nauru .
  2. newSPLAsh. South Pacific Lawyers' Association. April-June 2011: 9.