Australia: multicultural quotas on the cards for Labor
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
Labor would be forced to pick culturally diverse and Indigenous candidates under a quota plan that is expected to attract support from across the party at its national conference in August.
Victoria’s first Indigenous Labor senator, Jana Stewart, who is in the Right faction, is spearheading the push, which goes beyond Labor’s current gender rules to boost the number of MPs from non-English-speaking backgrounds. Labor’s Left faction is also mulling a range of diversity target proposals.
Click here to read the full article published by The Sydney Morning Herald on 2 July 2023.
Labor would be forced to pick culturally diverse and Indigenous candidates under a quota plan that is expected to attract support from across the party at its national conference in August.
Victoria’s first Indigenous Labor senator, Jana Stewart, who is in the Right faction, is spearheading the push, which goes beyond Labor’s current gender rules to boost the number of MPs from non-English-speaking backgrounds. Labor’s Left faction is also mulling a range of diversity target proposals.
Click here to read the full article published by The Sydney Morning Herald on 2 July 2023.
