List of Asian Australian politicians

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 constituents of Asian descent in comparison to other Western multicultural democracies[3][4][5] with members of minority groups making up only about 6 percent of Parliament.

However, the term was not originally used to describe or recognise the experiences of people of Asian descent living in Australia.

It was not until the late 1980s and 1990s that the term was adopted and used by Asian Australians themselves to discuss issues related to racial vilification and discrimination.

For non-Europeans state the race to which they belong, for example, "Aboriginal", "Chinese", "Negro", "Afghan", etc.

At the 1966 Census the instructions were re-designed ... in an endeavour to obtain precise data on racial mixture and also to avoid the opprobrium attaching to the term "half-caste" ...The Australian Bureau of Statistics and Australian Census no longer collect data on race as a standalone category.