List of Asian Australian politicians

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This is a list of Asian Australians who have served as members of Australian federal, state, or territory legislatures. Despite Australia's proximity to Asia, as well as the significant and increasing minority of Australians belonging to an Asian ethnicity,[1][2] the Australian Parliament is considered to be particularly under-representative of its Asian constituents in comparison to other Western multicultural democracies[3][4][5] with members of minority groups making up only about 6 percent of Parliament.[6]

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  2. ^ "Australia's Growing Asian Minority: The Impact on Foreign Policy - AIIA". Australian Institute of International Affairs.
  3. ^ Walden, Max (24 March 2021). "Under-representation of Asian Australians in politics". Election Watch. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  4. ^ Pietsch, Juliet (4 May 2017). "Explaining the political under-representation of Asian Australians: geographical concentration and voting patterns". Political Science. 69 (2): 161–174. doi:10.1080/00323187.2017.1345283. S2CID 149364250 – via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
  5. ^ Wyeth, Grant (24 February 2021). "The under-representation of Asian-Australians: political order and political delay". Melbourne Asia Review (5).
  6. ^ Cave, Damien (10 April 2018). "In a Proudly Diverse Australia, White People Still Run Almost Everything". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 17 June 2022.