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Hijab-wearing Afghan refugee wins Australian Senate seat. Fatima Payman becomes first scarf-wearing Muslim woman in parliament.

Australia made history again as the first hijab-wearing woman a Senate seat from Western Australia, local media reported on Monday.

Fatima Payman has won Western Australia's sixth and final Senate seat, becoming the first Afghan Australian and the first hijab-wearing Muslim woman in parliament, SBS News reported.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his party leaders congratulated Payman on her victory. ''Congratulations Senator Payman", the Premier tweeted.

Patrick Gorman, assistant minister to the prime minister said  he is proud that his state is sending Fatima to represent them in Canberra.

''Senator-elect Payman is an Australian Muslim with cultural roots from Afghanistan, Gorman wrote on Twitter.

''She worked hard supporting Labour candidates and members across WA. This is a win for our state and a win for the grassroots members @walabor who helped get our Senate vote to this level,'' he added.

Payman arrived as a refugee from Afghanistan with her parents and three siblings, before growing up in Perth, according to the SBS News.

Payman thanked her supporters after the election commission announced her victory.

''WE WON!!! I'm proud to announce that I've officially been elected as a Senator for Western Australia,'' she posted on Facebook. [Anadolu Agency].