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found that a recount of the NSW Senate ballots could occur and Dunn, who had been the second person on the NDP's New South Wales Senate ticket, was elected. The NDP asked her to resign her seat to allow Wood to take it up once he had taken up
Australian citizenship, but Dunn refused, leading to her
236:. It was here that she first drew publicity for activism. Dunn complained to a recruitment firm about sexism in their advertisements; however, her attachment of her business card to the letter got her fired, an action which became front-page news in Sydney. She was later partly reinstated.
171:, who was ruled ineligible as he did not hold Australian citizenship. Following her refusal to resign to allow Wood to return to the Senate once he had become a citizen, she was expelled from the party and sat as an independent. She was defeated at the 1990 election.
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