Selena Uibo is the Member for the Arnhem Electorate, in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly.  She was elected to the Parliament in August 2016 and currently holds the ministerial portfolios of Minister for Remote Housing and Homelands, Minister for Corporate and Digital Development, Minister for Health, Minister for Local Decision Making, Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Minister for Parks and Rangers, and Minister for Public Employment. 

She has previously held the Education, Essential Services, Aboriginal Affairs, Renewables and Energy and Treaty, Attorney-General and Justice portfolios. 

Selena was born and bred in the Territory.  Her mother is Nunggubuyu from Numbulwar and Wanindilyakwa from Groote Eylandt, and her father is a second-generation Australian of Estonian and South African origin, born in Sydney. Selena speaks English, Kriol and some of the Wubuy language of Numbulwar. 

Selena studied a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, where she graduated as Valedictorian in 2010 before commencing her teaching career in the NT. In 2013, Selena was awarded a Commonwealth Bank Foundation Award for teaching financial literacy to her secondary students in Numbulwar. During her time as a teacher, she also received the NT Award for Excellence in Teaching and facilitated 14 school excursions in her four years at Numbulwar. 

Selena’s family have a long history in education; both her parents and her only sibling are teachers.  Selena’s parents taught in Batchelor and throughout Northern Territory remote communities.  

Selena knows first-hand the importance of good housing – housing that is appropriate for family needs; that can withstand the harsh climate of the Territory, and that can provide healthy and secure living spaces for families her electorate includes 17 remote communities and dozens of homelands. As a Minister for Health and former educator, she is acutely aware of the health and education impacts safe and secure housing can have on individuals and community members.