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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Sisonke Msimang

Will the hateful army who bullied Yassmin Abdel-Magied come after Australia’s diverse new parliamentarians?

Author and activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied, who left Australia for London in 2017 after her Facebook post on Anzac Day led to her being condemned by elements of the Australian media.
Author and activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied, who left Australia for London in 2017 after her Facebook post on Anzac Day led to her being condemned by elements of the Australian media. Photograph: Theo Wargo/Getty Images

If the euphoria and back-patting over the federal election results are anything to go by, Australia is a vastly different country from the one Yassmin Abdel-Magied left five years ago.

A new cohort of confident, competent, successful and ethnically diverse parliamentarians are about to enter public life. They have been widely celebrated as a sign that the country is getting multiculturalism right.

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