Overview
- The couple announced the early arrival on Monday, with Lilah born on Friday, 19 December, at 37 weeks and five days and weighing 2.56kg.
- Burns, a prominent Jewish Labor MP for Macnamara, linked the week’s “immense lows and highs” to the Bondi terror attack and renewed calls for Jewish safety in Australia.
- He said he will raise both his daughters to be proud of their Jewish heritage and praised Purcell’s swift embrace of motherhood following surgery.
- Purcell, the Animal Justice Party MP for northern Victoria, previously disclosed a high-risk pregnancy requiring weekly checks due to an autoimmune condition.
- The parents said the names Lilah and Poppy echo purple and red floral colours associated with their parties, though they maintain the symbolism was unintentional.