'You're not from Australia': Labor's multiculturalism reboot

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Exclusive: Labor's Anne Aly says Australia needs to revisit what multiculturalism means | CanberraCamper

Late last year, Labor MP Anne Aly went to a medical appointment in her northern Perth electorate of Cowan.

"I came [to Australia] when I was two, my family's been here for 50 years. The first question the woman behind the desk asks me - in one of the most multicultural suburbs in my electorate - is: 'Where are you from? Because you're not from Australia'.

Dr Aly, who worked as a counter-terrorism expert before coming to Canberra in 2016, said multiculturalism had "not evolved" over the past 30 years. "When I go out and I talk to young people ... they're still facing issues of racism and discrimination."

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