10 Facts About Dai Le

Dai Le became an ABC journalist and politician, and was named as one of the 100 most influential Australian women in 2014.

Dai Le's family was "closely linked with the Americans" during the Vietnam War.

Dai Le lived in a refugee camp in the Philippines for three years until 1979, when her mother decided to smuggle the family aboard another boat to Hong Kong.

Dai Le's family lived in a refugee camp in Hong Kong for nine months until they were processed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and accepted for resettlement to Australia.

Dai Le arrived in Australia by plane in December 1979.

Dai Le's family lived briefly in the Fairy Meadow Migrant Hostel after arriving before eventually being resettled in Bossley Park, a suburb in Sydney's west.

Dai Le then completed a Bachelor of Arts at Macquarie University, majoring in political science.

Dai Le subsequently teamed up with mayor Frank Carbone, who resigned from the Labor Party, to lead a majority-independent council as of December 2021.

Dai Le later recovered from her breast cancer in 2015 and was appointed a Cancer Council ambassador for Greater Western Sydney.

Dai Le founded the South West Entrepreneurial Hub, a platform for business owners, start-ups and entrepreneurs living in Sydney's South West, to meet, collaborate and share their experiences and learn from one another.