Freya Newman Has Been Hired By The Greens As An Intern

Despite becoming the living embodiment of the old adage no good deed goes unpunished, Freya Newman has well and truly landed on her feet in the intervening time following the Frances Abbott/Whitehouse Institute scholarship saga.

Newman was responsible for the leak that revealed that Abbott had secretly received a dubious scholarship to the private design institute – one which wasn’t advertised, open to application, or flat-out offered to her fellow undergraduates – that resulted in her paying a mere $7,000 of her total tuition costs of $68,000. Subsequently, Newman was formally charged with breaching Section 308(H) of the NSW Crimes Acta charge she plead guilty to, and copped a two year good behaviour bond. At the time of sentencing, Magistrate Teresa O’Sullivan stated that Newman’s actions were motivated by a “sense of injustice,” and were on the “lowest end of the spectrum.” Newman left the court room to deserved applause.
Now, three months later, it seems things are looking way up for Freya, as it’s been revealed she has won a highly sought after internship with the Green Party.
The Greens announced that the 21-year old has been taken on for a paid internship with the office of Senator Lee Rhiannon, who issued the following remarks via a statement.

Following an extensive application process involving over 160 applicants and two rounds of interviews we offered the position to Freya. Freya was an outstanding applicant and we are very much looking forward to having her on board.

Newman herself backed up the positive enthusiasm for the decision, stating:

I’m really excited to be working with Senator Rhiannon and the rest of her staff this year on issues like higher education, aid and animal welfare.

Senator Rhiannon herself alluded to the case back in November in announcement that she would attempt to strengthen Australia’s whistleblower laws – an apparent direct reference to the Newman case.
Way to go, Freya. We’re all dead sure you’ll kick all sorts of goals.
(Sidenote: Far be it for us to make comment on physical similarities but HOLY SHIT this is totally Leslie Knope hiring April Ludgate.)

via SMH.

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