Labor MP Sally Sitou has used her maiden speech to recognise a new era where the diversity of elected politicians “truly represent” the multicultural makeup of Australia.
Labor member for Reid Sally Sitou says it's important parliament is becoming more diverse to better reflect Australia's population.
She said the increased representation in the parliament marked important progress towards it becoming a better reflection of Australia. “For much of our history, the path on which we walked was not towards multiculturalism but towards a White Australia policy,” she said. She quoted former prime minister Bob Hawke, who said the bipartisan rejection of “race as a factor in immigration policy” was a “triumph of compassion over prejudice, of reason over fear.”
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