Gaskiya Firth

**Verity Helen Firth** AM (an haife shi 28 ga Agusta 1973  ) babban jami'in jami'ar Australiya ne kuma tsohon ɗan siyasa. Ita ce Pro Vice-Chancellor (Adalci na zamantakewa da haɗawa) a Jami'ar Fasaha ta Sydney .  Ita ce babbar jami'a ta Cibiyar Ilimin Jama'a a Ostiraliya .

Firth ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na Majalisar Dokokin New South Wales mai wakiltar zaɓaɓɓen Balmain na Jam'iyyar Labour daga 2007  zuwa 2011 . A wannan lokacin, ta yi aiki a matsayin Ministar Mata, Ministan Kimiyya da Bincike na Likita, kuma Ministar Taimakawa Ministan Lafiya (Cancer) daga 2007 zuwa 2008, Ministan Sauyin yanayi da Muhalli a 2008, kuma a matsayin Ministar Ilimi da Horo daga 2008 zuwa 2011.

## Sana'a
Firth ta zama memba a jam'iyyar Labour tana da shekaru 15. Ta yi karatu a North Sydney Girls High tsakanin 1986 da 1991, kafin ta karanta Arts/Law a Jami'ar Sydney tsakanin 1992 da 1998. Lokacin da take jami'a, ta a fagen siyasar ɗalibai. Bayan kammala karatun ta, ta yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar siyasa, kafin ta yi aiki a matsayin magatakarda a Slater & Gordon a 2001; Sannan ta yi aiki a matsayin mai shirya kamfen na Jam'iyyar Labour ta Australiya (2001-2004). Tsakanin 2004 da 2007, ta yi aiki a matsayin lauya tare da Slater &amp;amp; Gordon, ƙwararre a shari'ar asbestos da dokar masana'antu. 

An zabe Firth a matsayin kansila na birnin Sydney a shekara ta 2004. A lokacin zamanta a Majalisar, ta yi aiki na wani lokaci a matsayin Mataimakin Magajin Gari. Kafin shiga siyasar jihar, ta yi aiki a hukumar Law and Justice Foundation da Aidwatch. 

An zabi Firth a sabuwar kujerar Balmain a ranar 24 ga Maris 2007. Ko da yake an yi nisa da jam'iyyar Labour, ta lashe kujerar da rinjayen kasa da kashi 4%. An rantsar da ita a ranar 2 ga Afrilu 2007, inda ta sami nadi na lokaci guda a matsayin Ministar Mata, Ministan Kimiyya da Bincike na Likita, Ministan Taimakawa Ministan Lafiya (Cancer) da Minista mai Taimakawa Ministan Muhalli, Canjin yanayi da Ruwa (Muhalli). 

A ranar 22 ga Fabrairu 2008, Phil Koperberg, Ministan Muhalli, Sauyin yanayi da Ruwa, ya yi murabus daga majalisar ministoci saboda rashin lafiya. Daga baya an nada Firth a matsayin Ministan Muhalli da Sauyin yanayi. 

Bayan zaben shugaban kasa na Nathan Rees a matsayin Shugaban Jam'iyyar Kwadago ta NSW da Firayim Minista a watan Satumba na 2008 kuma ya biyo bayan sake fasalin gwamnatin New South Wales, an nada Firth a matsayin Ministan Ilimi da Horarwa. Ta samu yabo tun da wuri kan bukatar da ta yi wa gwamnatin tarayya na cewa ta tallafa wa makarantun gwamnati na jihohi daidai da na makarantu masu zaman kansu. A lokacin da take ministar ilimi, an dauke ta a matsayin shugabar kungiyar kwadago ta gaba.  Firth ya riƙe fayil ɗin Ilimi a ƙarƙashin magajin Rees, Kristina Keneally .

A farkon 2009, Gwamnatin Rees Labor Government ta sanar da aikin CBD Metro . Rigima daga farkon, aikin CBD Metro ya mamaye labaran Sydney na tsawon shekara. Firth ta sami ɗaukar hoto na kafofin watsa labarai don adawarta ga metro na CBD, idan hakan yana nufin musayar bas a Rozelle (saboda yawan birni na yankin).  An kuma fahimci Firth a matsayin rashin jituwa da sassan masu ra'ayin mazan jiya na tattalin arziki na majalisar NSW bayan adawarta da keɓancewa na Sydney Ferries ya zama jama'a; a lokacin, gwamnatin NSW ta yi nazarin zaɓin mayar da jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa na Sydney a kan adawar ƙungiyoyi da wasu mazauna.  Daga baya gwamnatin Keneally ta ba da sanarwar cewa ba za a mayar da jiragen ruwa ba. Jamie Parker (mai wakiltar NSW Greens ) ya ci Firth a matsayin memba na Balmain a zaben jihar 2011. Bayan shan kayenta, Firth tayi tunanin komawa bakin aiki a matsayin lauya. Maimakon haka, an nada ta a matsayin Shugaba na Gidauniyar Ilimin Jama'a, ƙungiyar bayar da shawarwari da ke ba da tallafin karatu ga ɗaliban da ke buƙatar taimakon kuɗi.

A watan Mayun 2014, Firth ya sake lashe zaben jam'iyyar Labour a kujerar Balmain don zaben jihar na 2015.  Ta sha kaye a zaben zuwa memba mai ci, Jamie Parker . 

An nada Firth a matsayin Memba na Order of Ostiraliya a cikin 2023 Ranar Girmama Ostiraliya . 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Firth ya girma a West Pymble da kuma a Glebe . Ta na zaune a Glebe tare da mijinta Matthew Chesher da Dan uwanta shine Charles Firth, ɗan wasan barkwanci kuma memba na *The Chaser* . Kawarta ita ce Meredith Burgmann, tsohuwar shugaban majalisar dattawa ta NSW .  Firth ita ce babbar jikar Anglican Bishop Ernest Burgmann . 

A watan Janairun 2011, an tuhumi mijin Firth, Matthew Chesher, da ‘yan sanda saboda mallakar haramtacciyar muggan kwayoyi, ecstasy . Chesher ya yi murabus nan take a matsayin babban hafsan ma'aikata ga ministan hanyoyi David Borger . Firth ta ce "ta fusata, ta ji ciwo kuma ta ji takaici sosai".  Verity ta ki cewa allunan nawa Chesher ke siyan kuma ta ki cewa ko ta taba shan kwayoyi.  An tuhumi Chesher da mallakar kwamfutar hannu guda ɗaya na farin ciki kuma daga baya an sanya shi akan kyakkyawar ɗabi'a na wata 12 ba tare da yin rikodi ba. 

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