Labor MP says Australian politics is an ‘Anglo boys club’

24/11/2021

When federal Labor MP Peter Khalil first decided he wanted a career in politics, he says he was repeatedly told that his Egyptian heritage, including his name and appearance, would prevent him from winning a federal seat.

“People in the [Labor] Party, senior people, told me to shave my goatee because they said I looked like a terrorist. They said my name was too ethnic,” he told The Age.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/v...15-p5990q.html