Alison Nampitjinpa Anderson (born 1958) is an Australian politician and the leader of the Palmer United Party in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. She has been member of the Legislative Assembly since 2005, when she was elected to represent the seat of MacDonnell, the name of which was changed to Namatjira in 2012. She was a minister in the Country Liberal Party government from 2012 until she was demoted following the CLP's disappointing showing in the 2013 federal election.Anderson entered the Northern Territory Assembly as a star candidate for the Australian Labor Party at the 2005 election. She was re-elected unopposed as the Member for MacDonnell in the August 2008 Territory election and with the subsequent return of the Henderson Labor Government was appointed to Cabinet. She held the positions of Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Heritage; Minister for Parks and Wildlife; Minister for Arts and Museums; and Minister for Indigenous Policy.She left the Cabinet and the Labor Party in 2009 after a dispute over indigenous housing, and sat as an independent for two years. She then joined the opposition Country Liberal Party in 2011 and was elected as a Country Liberal candidate at the 2012 election. She resigned from the CLP in 2014, along with two other indigenous MPs, briefly becoming an independent once again. However, on 27 April 2014 it was announced that that the three MLAs had joined the Palmer United Party, with Anderson serving as parliamentary leader.Anderson speaks six indigenous languages: Anmatyerre, Luritja, Pitjantjatjara, Warlpiri, Western Arrernte and Yankunytjatjara. She is also an accomplished artist. She is among Australia's most senior indigenous politicians, and has been a prominent indigenous activist, including as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) Central Zone Commissioner.