While women have made the biggest gains, parliament still has a long way to go to truly reflect multicultural Australia
, Australia’s leadership is still in the hands of people much older than the national median of 38. Anthony Albanese just scrapes in as a baby boomer at 59 years old, while Peter Dutton represents Gen X at 51., Australia still lags many similar multicultural countries in terms of representation.
“Our most diverse parliament ever still has a long way to go to truly reflect multicultural Australia,” he said. “In comparable countries, major parties on both the left and right take the problem of underrepresentation seriously,” said Chiu, who is also a member of New South Wales Labor’s policy forum.“They have programs specifically tailored for culturally diverse talent, they actively recruit and promote diverse candidates and ensure formal representation within party structures. They see it as necessary for their electoral prospects.
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