Australia’s newly-elected MPs pose for a photograph at Parliament House in Canberra Source: AAP / BIANCA DE MARCHI/AAPIMAGE
Australia's 47th Parliament is the most culturally diverse yet. But the proportion of people from a non-European or an Indigenous background represented is still low. A new report by the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute has identified barriers migrant communities face towards joining politics, and is calling for more representation.
Australia's 47th Parliament is the most culturally diverse yet. But the proportion of people from a non-European or an Indigenous background represented is still low. A new report by the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute has identified barriers migrant communities face towards joining politics, and is calling for more representation.
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