Newly-elected parliament faces a lack of ethnic diversity

The newly-elected federal parliament may have a record number of female MPs but it is likely to have fewer MPs born overseas than the last. The lack of ethnic diversity has sparked calls for controversial candidate citizenship requirements to be scrapped.

Former Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Soutphommasane. Source: SBS

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 said the election has done little to soften federal parliament's reputation as a white boy's club.

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