Newly-elected parliament faces a lack of ethnic diversity

Former Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Soutphommasane (SBS)

Former Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Soutphommasane. Source: SBS

The lack of ethnic diversity in the newly-elected federal parliament has sparked calls for controversial candidate citizenship requirements to be scrapped.


Australia may be a multicultural success story but it's hardly reflective in the nation's corridors of power.

And critics like Greens leader Richard Di Natale say the election has done little to soften federal parliament's reputation as a white boy's club.

More women may have been elected but ethnic diversity remains stagnant, despite an ever increasing number of constituents from a migrant background.


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