Australia’s Chinese diaspora faces a representation deficit

Author: Osmond Chiu, Per Capita Australia’s 2022 federal election marked a turning point in the country’s politics. For the first time, the shifting voting patterns of non-European ethnic minorities — specifically Chinese–Australians — were pivotal to the overall result, as post-election reviews from the centre-left Labor Party and the conservative Liberal Party both acknowledged. While the possibility of a significant swing in the voting patterns of Chinese–Australians was canvassed pre-election, its impact was only taken seriously after the vote. Yet this increasing focus has not translated into a serious discussion about representation — an important issue for a multicultural society…

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