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Wendy Askew

Politician

Wendy Askew is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Wendy Askew				[sources]
Other name	Askew, Wendy · Wendy Anne Askew · Wendy Bushby · Wendy Summers				[sources]
Birth date	1963-03-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Launceston				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Australia				[sources]
Country	Australia				[sources]
Citizenship	Australia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Wendy				[sources]
Last name	Askew · Bushby · Summers				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q61983633				[sources]
Position	Senate (member, 2016-) · member of the Australian Senate (2019-)				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Australian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
David Bushby Politician	sibling	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Australian Senator	-	-
member of the Australian Senate	2019-03-06	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,878

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,893

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories377,641

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,607

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata351,485

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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