with the country being so diverse.
2007-12-11 21:10:52 · 6 answers · asked by Jimmy Dune Dean 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
There are a couple
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/senators/homepages/senators.asp?id=00AOU
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?id=AMX
2007-12-11 22:03:13 · answer #1 · answered by Sageandscholar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe these groups just dont believe what the major parties stand for and they elect to run as independents as it is how they perceive they can reach their goals. There is more diversity in being an independent than their is with running with a major party.
2007-12-12 05:18:52 · answer #2 · answered by jasmine d 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We've got Penny Wong! Minister for Climate Change and Water for the Australian Labor Party. She's over in Bali right now with Kevin Rudd negotiating the Kyoto emission targets.
She's a woman with an Asian heritage and she has one of the most important portfolios in our current government. How cool is that? :)
It just flies in the face of Mr Howard's "women should wear skirts in my office, not pants", "climate change is a myth" and "we'll decide who comes to our country and blah blah blah" xenophobic reign of old.
The future is a little brighter and hopefully we'll see even more balanced cultural and gender representation of us in government from now on. Times they are a-changing :)
2007-12-12 07:15:19 · answer #3 · answered by Shazzbot 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the same reason there are no White or Asian people in any party in Zambia
2007-12-12 07:06:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mayor of melbourne is asian...doesnt that tell u something?! he even has an asian accent...not an australian one
2007-12-12 07:47:23 · answer #5 · answered by Kasper 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Penny Wong" sounds asian to me.......you reckon...?hmmmmm.
2007-12-12 23:04:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋