Dear Channel 9 Current Affairs Editor, 

We at the Unity Party WA is observing your antics in associating a reputable TV programme in Australia with the renowned white supremacist and racist Pauline Hanson to dehumanize Asians and their cultures, in short - Asian bashing. 

Is free-enterprising something to scoff at by white supremacist and racist alike? Is free-enterprise not a healthy thing to be engaged by all Australians be they Asians or  English, Spanish, Italians, Indians, Africans etc? 

Is Australia not a melting pot for all races who have given up their own country of origin to become loyal to our nation as Australians?  If they have certain racial dispositions to group together in marketing their wares so that they become specialist markets, is this not a welcome sign in developing Australian Cities more cosmopolitan?. 

Looking to hearing from you soon. 

Eddie Hwang
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From: Stephen ]
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 5:59 PM
To: 'Unity Party WA'
Subject: RE: Channel 9 Current Affairs Broadcast 

Hi, Eddie, 

Yes. I agree. But why it is so…you know. !  It is a culture that created when one was poor and uneducated and became selfish for self-protection…! This might change one day (In fact, it is already on the way..) but  it would take time when it became a culture…! 

I appreciate very much that Unity Party WA stands straight up and speaks out loudly and openly to air our views!  

Well-done and keep on! CHERRS!! 

Stephen 

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From: Stephen]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 7:53 PM
To: 'Unity Party WA'
Subject: RE: Channel 9 Current Affairs Broadcast 

Hi Eddie,

I fully support Michael’s views! 

All this while, my feeling is that most if not all the Westerners declare themselves to be a super human being in the world. That is why in those days they were the people taking over other peoples’ islands or countries to be colonies until latter, these were dropped off; but in their hearts, they still consider they are the super human beings. When they see or feel other races coming up especially Asians making good and super economic powers and they feel no way to hide their faces and they talk bad about others using whatsoever way they could. Is this the attitudes they create in their cultures and in their heart today?. I feel they should know fully well that Australia is a freedom country as you say with fine-tuned laws for its citizens and those who choose to live here.  

Hence, Channel 9 Current Affairs Broadcast

 as an responsible Australian Media, they should also be more responsible to create a good environment and do good for our country and not create racial problems to create problems. If this happens, don’t you think Australia can be so peaceful and continuing to mach forward ahead for a good future?? Today, most of the countries in the world especially Westerner are suffering from bad economic problems but our Australia is still standing straight up and feeling well. Don’t they know that this is also part of the positive contributions brought in by Asians especially Chinese …..….!!!  Does Channel 9 Current Affairs Broadcast know fully well that what type of people is Pauline Hanson to bring her in such media..? What Channel 9 Current Affairs’ intention..???? 

Stephen  

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We refer to the report below for your information and your comments are welcome.

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It's the Aussie shopping centre getting an Asian makeover.

These shop owners are being forced out to make way for an all-Asian mall. But what local suburb will they target next?

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Subject:	Channel 9 Current Affairs Broadcast
Date:	Thu, 8 Nov 2012 10:00:58 +1100
From:	Michael
To:	Eddie Hwang- info@unitywa.org

I tried to forward my comments below to the Current Affairs program on Channel 9, but having difficulties in getting this across. Perhaps you and this Group of Huaren can forward this to the relevant media to protect Asians in Australia when Channel 9 propagates this prejudice against Asians in Australia: 

“Your broadcast about Asian Mall in the 'Current Affair' program on channel 9 yesterday (7/11/12) is really racially prejudiced, especially allowing Pauline Hanson to comment in support of this issue. Australia's economic system is supposed to be 'free enterprise' and when any suburb gradually 'taken over' by Asian businesses is not because there is any bias or misconduct by the Asians, but through the 'free enterprise' system the Asian businesses flourish because of competitiveness through hardwork. In the history of Australia there had been many other suburbs where different migrant groups helped to build up businesses in that suburb where the majority of them reside, e.g. Italians, Greeks, Middle-Eastern people, etc. Why pick on the Asians to criticize them for 'Asianizing' the suburb? 

If you study it more deeply you will find that in the Asian business suburbs, even among themselves they do not mind competing with each other, e.g. a lot of Chinese groceries shops and 'dollars shops' selling the same things with competitive prices - this means they are prepared to work harder for a smaller profit margin. That is why the Australians cannot compete where there are many Asian shops in the same areas. Why blame the Asians for 'asianizing' these suburbs and blame them for taking over tenancies in the 'shopping mall'?  

Adopting the biased analysis from Channel-9-Current-Affairs’s perspective is very un-Australian in its tradition and this type of attitude is predominately represented by people like Pauline Hanson who are prejudiced with little logic in their thinking. Can Channel 9 and the presenter in the 'Current Affairs' be more responsible for propagating such misleading information?” 

Michael

Mr. Mike Smith

CEO - ANZ Bank

Dear Sir,

I refer to my complaint for your attention and comment.

Can you please explain the interest rate your charge us?

What interest rate you pay us for our deposit?

The reason Costa refused to act so that ANZ can rip-off its customers?

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Eddie Hwang
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From: Bolger, Veronica [mailto:Veronica.Bolger@anz.com] On Behalf Of Complex Complaints Team
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 6:37 AM
To: unitywa@westnet.com.au
Subject: ANZ

Dear Mr Hwang,

Thank you for taking the time to speak to me on 26 November 2012.

As discussed, the letter sent to you signed by William Costa is a system generated letter to advise you to bring your account in order as it was over drawn.

It is not ANZ's responsibility to transfer your funds between accounts and it is not the role of ANZ's senior Managers to look after customers accounts.

When you are advised by letter that your account is overdrawn, you need to make arrangements to transfer the funds. As you are aware, the cheque account requires two signatures to operate, so if you go to a branch you would need to have two people attend, or have a deposit/withdrawal voucher with two signatures on it.

I apologise for the incorrect information given to you at the Branch.

As agreed, I have credited your cheque account $75.40 to cover the two overdrawn fees of $37.70, however ANZ will not refund these fees in the future as you have been made aware this your responsibility to have the funds avaiable in the cheque account prior to issuing the cheque.

Regards

Veronica

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From: Unity Party WA [mailto:info@unitywa.org]
Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2012 7:12 PM
To: ANZ Media Relations
Cc: Fed Treasurer; info@fos.org.au
Subject: Re: ANZ Bank thump their noses at their customers

CEO – ANZ

Dear Sir,

I refer to my email to Ms. S.E. Jeffery below with regard to my complaint about William Costa. She not only failed to address my complaint but also we were charge $77.90 because Costa failed to act as I have indicated in my fax to him – attached above.

I consider that you should not charge us $77.90 for Costa’s failure to act and also let me know why ANZ staff thump their noses at their customers who feed them.

Please let me know within 14 days or other action will be taken.

Eddie Hwang

Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:51 AM
To: 'media.relations@anz.com'
Subject: FW: Re: Useless William Costa

From: Unity Party WA [mailto:unitywa@westnet.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 6:00 PM
To: 'SMBcollections@anz.com'
Subject: Re: Useless William Costa

Ms Susan E. Jeffery,

General Manager.

Dear Ms. Jeffery,

Unity Party WA have  two accounts: Cheque and Business Cash Management a/c.

I issued a cheque from the cheque a/c without knowing that there is not enough money in it.

Got a letter from William Costa on the 3^rd demanding the debit and I immediately faxed back with an instruction to withdraw the debit from the Business Cash M/ac.

Got another letter from you which I ignored because I have already faxed my instruction to Costa.

Got a phone call this afternoon from ANZ asking when I am going to fix the debit up and I was told that I can go to your branch to fix the debit up.

Went to your branch and after spending 20 minutes, I was told that I have to go home and fix the problem on the internet.

After few tries without success and at the meantime, I was told to get the other person to go to the branch with me, etc and then decided to refer me to another person for further action. Finally Jordan agreed to transfer the money from the Business Cash Management to the cheque a/c.

What I want to know is why William Costa so useless with his job and other ANZ staff so inexperience.

Please let me know within 7 days or I will let the whole country know about my experience with ANZ.

Eddie Hwang
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Aussie Banking Scandals Set to Rock the Economy in 2013?
Monday, 26 November 2012 – Melbourne, Australia
By Dr. Alex Cowie

• Aussie Banking Scandals Set to Rock the Economy in 2013?

In today's Money Morning:...cheap credit drying up for the finance industry...why you should be very wary of the Aussie banks...a property correction brewing...

Aussie Banking Scandals Set to Rock the Economy in 2013?

2012 has seen an impressive list of global banking scandals.

The problem is that even as they get more outrageous, the market becomes more desensitised.

Apathy reigns.

The real bombshell this year was the LIBOR scandal.

Some of the world's biggest banks got caught with their pants down, manipulating the LIBOR rate. If you think that sounds boring, then know that it underpins derivatives worth over $300 TRILLION. Tweaking LIBOR a few basis points here and there can pay for more than lunch.

This was a scandal so huge that it involved some of the biggest names in the banking game: Barclays, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Credit Suisse, Soc Gen, Citibank, JP Morgan, and Bank of America, amongst many others.

So global banking titans formed a cartel to deceive the world?

This is the kind of thing that should spark a revolution!

Stoke lashes Canberra over China Policy

Dear Mr. Stoke,

 

You are definitely not the only Australian in Australia that is physically repulsed by the thought of armed people on my soil not being under our command - because we are an INDEPENDENT country and can defend ourselves. There is no way that China will attack us if we don’t make the first move. We should stop this – “All the way LBJ.” But with an unelected/low morale Leader, what do we expect?

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Eddie Hwang
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Stokes lashes Canberra over China policy

ANDREW PROBYN FEDERAL POLITICAL EDITOR, The West Australian September 14, 2012, 9:19 am

·        : 

Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes has strongly criticised both sides of Australian politics for showing insufficient respect to China.

Declaring that Australia should have aimed to be the "Switzerland" of South-East Asia, Mr Stokes said he was "physically repulsed" by the presence of armed US troops in northern Australia.

And Mr Stokes, whose company owns The West Australian, said Australia must set about making it easier for Chinese students and tourists to come to Australia.

Speaking to a Sydney conference on Australia in "China's Century" this morning, he paid tribute to former prime ministers Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and John Howard for understanding and developing the China-Australian relationship.

But he said a lack of mutual respect had marred the relationship in recent times, to the extent that many Chinese believed Australia was "unfriendly".

He cited the Defence White Paper and the decision to allow US troops in northern Australia, comments made by Australian politicians in China and the recent debate about foreign investment as having damaged the relationship.

"We need to look at it from Chinese eyes and if you're one of the educated, young Chinese working in China and you see Australia has a policy which says China could be our enemy in a period of time and we've got to plan for the fact that we may have to have some confrontation and after that we join forces with the Americans and put troops in Australia," he said.

"We give the impression that we have joined sides. We never had to join sides. China always accepted our relationship with America and I think what we've done of late with the White Paper and allowing troops in Australia has just aggravated what was something that was accepted before and made more vulnerable."

The first group of 250 US Marines arrived in Darwin in April as part of a reconfiguration of American military in South-East Asia.

About 2500 Marines will train in the Northern Territory by 2016-17 under the gradual build-up.

US President Barack Obama said last year that the troops would be complemented by the increased presence of aircraft and ships.

"Australia should have been the Switzerland of our region," Mr Stokes. "We still could have had our relationship with defence, with America, because no-one objected to that but it's when we actually escalate those as we've done in recent times that people are confused by it.

"And if you want to be a Switzerland, you can't have other people's armed forces in your borders, in your boundaries. Full stop.

"Apart from China, I must be the only Australian in Australia that is physically repulsed by the thought of armed people on my soil not being under our command. Maybe that's just me. That's my personal view."

Mr Stokes criticised Australian politicians who went to China to lecture about human rights and democracy. He said mutual respect had not been displayed in recent times.

"We've confused China in one way with our policies," he said.

"Everybody talks about the Chinese system. We've had politicians go and say you should change to democracy. I employ 3000 people in China. People who work for me love their country, love the system they've got. They don't want change.

"The questions they put to me are, 'How come you want us to change when only 30 per cent of the people in your country want your Government?'. Now that's a real tough one."

In 2008, Kevin Rudd lectured the Chinese on human rights during his first visit to China as Prime Minister.

And in July, during a three-day visit to China, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott gave a speech saying China would become more prosperous if it embraced democracy and greater legal freedoms.

"In the long term, China should prosper even more if its people enjoyed freedom under the law and the right to choose a government, despite the difficulty of managing this transition in a country with a tumultuous history," Mr Abbott said on July 24.

On foreign investment, Mr Stokes said capital was China's greatest export and Australia should grab the opportunity.

Earlier, Foreign Minister Bob Carr told the conference that Australia should resist the temptation to fall back on "narrow, nationalistic sloganeering when it comes to Chinese investment in Australia".

"The fact is, foreign direct investment from China equated to just 2.6 per cent of the total FDI stock in 2011."

He said the top four source countries for foreign investment in Australia were the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and the Netherlands.

And the European Union, as a region, remained Australia's largest source of foreign investment, accounting for almost 34 per cent, Senator Carr said.

"As my predecessor Alexander Downer wrote in the Adelaide Advertiser this week, 'Asian money is just as good as US or British money'."

Australia is China's biggest supplier of iron ore, its second biggest supplier of coal and its third biggest supplier of liquefied natural gas.

Laws to stop political fundraisers

Labor Prime Minister and Liberal Leader,

We refer to the report by Political Reporter Daniel Wills below and that the new law being introduced for the purpose of banning all political donations must be nationwide.  This measure would ensure that all Australian Citizens are more unequal because they cannot be represented by small political parties of their choice or by independent members of Parliament.

Big parties are always flushed with funds as they are always being backed up by vested interests and they do have clandestine funds supporting them.

It is hypocritical for the Greens who had received the biggest single donation in political history in Australia being now unwilling to support our demand or the demands of minor political parties or would-be independent candidates for elections.  

The two major political parties are taking measures to  ensure their continued survival for the purpose of protecting the interests of the political elites such that the endemic corrupt acts in providing favours to their cronies remains undetected and undisputed.  

Australia has now come to a stage where the two major political parties are only opponents in namesake only.  In order to ensure true democracy, the political system must do something to prop up aspiring independent candidates for election so as to break the impasse created by the major political parties who are creating a monopoly for themselves. 

Under the present system Australia is not a democratic country because there is no law to stop vested interests from making political donations to major political parties and at the same time stifles the emergence of minor political parties and independent political candidates. 

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Laws to stop political fundraisers

·        Political Reporter Daniel Wills

·        July 19, 2012 12:07PM

·        MINISTERS would be banned from being used as "bait" to win party political donations at high-priced dinners and fundraising functions under proposed new laws being taken to State Parliament.

Under the changes, political parties would not be able to promote the attendance of ministers and special access to them as a centrepiece of fundraising events like those held by SA Progressive Business.

Progressive Business is run by former senator Nick Bolkus as Labor's fundraising arm.

Progressive Business is inviting industry heavyweights to a lunch next Friday at the Hilton hotel featuring Premier Jay Weatherill as the headline act and Small Business Minister Tom Koutsantonis.

Invites have also been issued to a similar evening drinks event on August 2 with Housing and Urban Development Minister Pat Conlon and Transport Services Minister Chloe Fox.

A separate letter selling annual memberships to Progressive Business offers "you and your business the opportunity to host senior government ministers, including the Prime Minister and the Premier, in your boardroom".

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·        $4m secret donations to Labor and Libs Adelaide Now, 2 Feb 2012

The top-rated $10,000 membership offers "briefings for up to three company representatives" with ministers.

Greens MP Mark Parnell says his proposed laws would ensure the system was seen to be "squeaky clean".

"Ministers are appointed by the Governor to work on behalf of all South Australians. They should not be used as bait for party political fundraisers," he said.

A Government spokeswoman said the premier and ministers were "very accessible to people engaged in all walks of life as they seek out community views about the future of this state".

"These sorts of functions are one way of engaging in those discussions," the spokeswoman said.

"All tenders for government contracts are subject to a rigorous probity process.

"We will shortly have an ICAC in place which will give the community further confidence."

The spokeswoman said the Greens had received "the biggest single donation in political history in Australia" when they were handed more than $1.6 million by Internet entrepreneur Graeme Wood last year.

The Liberal Party has its own fundraising arm, Future SA, chaired by ex-foreign minister Alexander Downer.

Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond indicated she was unlikely to support the reform proposal.

"It is also academic to talk about controls over political fundraising on any kind of level playing field while trade unions have the freedom to promote any Labor Party cause they choose," she said.

Racist attack on Chinese Students in NSW

Mr. Barry O'Farrell.

NSW Premier

Thepremier@www.nsw.gov.au

Dear Premier,

We refer to the reports below for your information.

The condition imposed on Racist Jack van Tongeron was that if he ever returns to Western Australian, he will immediately go back to jail.

What are you going to do with those racists in your State?

We wait for your early reply.

Yours respectfully,

Eddie Hwang

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We are too vicious for China

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APRIL242012(7:28pm)

I don’t think we’re quite aware how vicious parts of our society have become - and how startling it is to visitors: 
A terrifying gang assault on Sydney train passengers has left two international students seriously injured and caused a media storm in China. 
The alleged robbery, including racist taunts, drew a social media pledge from former foreign affairs minister Kevin Rudd and led to emergency talks at Sydney’s Chinese consulate general. 
Police said six people, aged 14 to 18, robbed passengers on a train between Central and Rockdale about 12.30am yesterday…

Yesterday’s attack came just days after two safety warnings from the Chinese embassy in Canberra for citizens travelling in Australia…

One of the victims of the attack, known as Xuan, suffered from a fractured nose and burns from a lit cigarette…

A translation from Xuan’s blog on the Chinese social media site Weibo reads: “I really wish all of this is just a nightmare. However, the smell of blood in my mouth and body pains reminds me that this city is so dangerous. 
“A gang of hooligans attacked us. Our noses are fractured and our bodies are covered in blood. My friend’s cheekbone was crushed. They attacked us with glass and burnt us with lit cigarettes. My face is burnt and totally disfigured! Worst of all, I really hated their racist comments. 
“They were calling us Asian dogs and pussies while they were beating us. When my friend tried to wipe blood from his nose, a teenaged girl stuffed my friend’s mouth with her tampon removed from her pants.”

I’d like to learn more about this gang. What makes such people so feral? So contemptuous of others? So us-against-them? 

Sydney train attack sparks uproar in China

18:30 AEDT Tue Apr 24 2012 - By ninemsn staff

A brutal attack on a Sydney train that left two Chinese students seriously injured has sparked uproar in China.

The two students were hit with glass bottles, burnt with cigarettes, kicked, punched and racially abused on a train from Central to Rockdale, in the city's southwest, about 12.30am on Monday, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

One of the students named Xuan, who is pursuing a master's degree at the University of Technology, wrote on Chinese social media site Weibo that other passengers in the carriage did nothing as he and his friend were beaten by a group of six people.

"Though there were no police on the train, there were many other people and train staff. It even stopped once at Wolli Creek, but nobody helped us," Xuan said.

"A gang of hooligans attacked us. Our noses are fractured and our bodies are covered in blood. My friend's cheekbone was crushed. They attacked us with glass and burnt us with lit cigarettes. My face is burnt and totally disfigured! Worst of all, I really hated their racist comments.

Police arrived at Rockdale station about 12.45am and arrested a 19-year-old man, two 18-year-old men, a 14-year-old boy and two girls aged 16 and 17.

They have been charged with a number of offences related to robbery and assault.

The incident has been widely publicised in China where large numbers of students travel to Australia to study every year.

Xuan's Weibo post was retweeted over 10,000 times and the story has been covered by China's largest news sites including its English language press.

Chinese consular officials have expressed their support for the students and former prime minister Kevin Rudd, who speaks Mandarin, has used his Weibo account to assure the Chinese he will press the police and the Department of Education on behalf of the victims.

A series of attacks on Indian students in Melbourne in 2009 badly damaged Australia's reputation in the subcontinent.

Then Victorian Premier John Brumby travelled to India in the aftermath of the attacks and a series of protests that followed to assure Indians that Victoria was a safe place to send students.

Mr. Tony Abbott,

Leader of the Opposition

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We refer to the reports below for your information.

Would you like to comment, please?

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Analysis: Are Australians anti-Asian? Or is it just politics?

By Anna Watanabe Apr 19, 2012 9:47PM UTC

·         

Two months ago, the Australian Minister of Immigration Chris Bowen made an address to the Sydney Institute describing what he called the ‘genius of multiculturalism’ within Australian society. In his speech, he outlined three aspects of this so-called ‘genius’: respect for Australian values; citizenship-centred multiculturalism; and political bipartisanship.

An email from a NSW Liberal Party insider says Tony Abbot's right-wing Liberal Party are anti-Asian. Picture: AP

Minister Bowen, like many Australians prides our country’s long and rich history of multiculturalism. What’s interesting is that he emphasises that after 1970, when government immigration policies changed from the infamous White Australia Policy to Multiculturalism, the integration of other communities and cultures were encouraged for mostly socially – not economically or politically – beneficial reasons.

And it’s true: Australian society has benefited immensely from multiculturalism. I often tell people overseas, what Australians lack in national history, compared to most other nations, we make up for it in our varied diets.

But while a superficial glance suggests Australian society has benefited from various waves of immigration, how much have these immigrants been able to contribute to their communities, politically speaking.

How bipartisan is Minister Bowen’s ‘political bipartisanship’ on which his ‘genius of multiculturalism’ rests?

Recently an email, claiming to be written by a NSW Liberal Party insider, has been sent to several mastheads, suggesting there is a strong anti-Asian sentiment within the party. The sender claims that an unusual, American-style “primary”, or pre-selection vote, in the Western Suburbs seat of Greenway is an attempt to de-seat the previous candidate, Jayme Diaz from running again.

“Asians/ethnics are used to contest safe labor seats but once the seat becomes winnable, The [sic] liberal [sic] party elders install candidates that are Caucasians,” it reads.

Tony Abbot has reportedly blamed Greenway, amongst other seats, for his loss to Labor in the last federal election. Greenway was lost to Labor’s Michelle Rowland by just 702 votes.

Although the official Liberal Party line is that the primary is simply an “experiment” to give the electorate a say in the party’s candidate to contest the next federal election, another Liberal source has told the Sun Herald otherwise.

”The entire motivation for the discussion in the party around primaries was how do you fix the seat of Greenway because it’s a mess.”

Diaz, a prominent member of the electorate’s Filipino community has signed many new members and would be re-endorsed should a regular preselection process be held.

Adding further fuel to the fire that the experimental primary is designed to de-seat Diaz are reports that the migration lawyer has “gone into hiding”.

The email goes on to mention other popular politicians with Asian heritage like the Dai Le in Cabramatta and Chang Lim in Parramatta, all of whom have been “drubbed” by the party based on their ethnicity.

But the real thrust of the letter is that the Liberal Party is anti-Asian.

“The faces of Liberal representatives in canberra [sic] would lead you to believe there are no Asians living in Australia or Asians arent [sic] citizens who vote and hence should not be represented.”

And our insider has a point: there are no federal government shadow ministers of Asian ethnicity, even though Australians with Chinese heritage are the fifth largest ethnic group in Australia and almost 4 per cent of the total population.

Hong Lim, the sole Asian member of Victorian state parliament made a similar comment at the beginning of the year.

He told The Age that while Asian Australians do disproportionately well in the corporate sector, compared to other ethnic groups, they are still under represented and have no say in national debates.

”This is not right. Because of the sheer numbers, the sheer wealth, the sheer brain power they have, they should have something more.”

Both Lim and our insider want to know: “Where is the liberal equivalent of Senator Penny Wong?”

But Lim looks further and asks why Asian Australians are so underrepresented across other sectors of society.

”They are not on TV, not public intellectuals, or human rights or social justice activists. There are none in the judiciary,” he told The Age.

But Benjamin Herscovitch of The Centre of Independent Studies sees things differently. The policy analyst told Asian Correspondent that, from a social mobility point of view, Asian Australians do very well.

“The desires of those among the Asian Australian population to pursue other career paths rather than being involved in the political process, should be noted. The representation of Asians are high amongst other career groups,” he said.

So could it be possible that Asian Australians are just less interested in moving into politics?

Unfortunately, the Liberal Party didn’t return any calls or emails so it’s difficult to say for sure. But what we can say is that our media and news continue to be saturated by ‘White’ Australians, despite our ethnic makeup.

But wait, there’s more.

Research from the Lowy Institute suggests yet another reason why we have so few Asian political figures: compared to other countries, Australians just don’t like Asians as much as other nationalities.

Measuring how they felt towards other countries in terms of ‘warm’ or ‘cold’ on a thermometer (0 degrees being very cold, 50 degrees being neither and 100 degrees being very warm), the 1002 adults surveyed in the 2011 Lowy Poll rated our Asian neighbours between 67 and 51 degrees. Japan was the country people felt most warmly towards at 67 degrees while China rated 53 degrees, just above Indonesia at 51 degrees.

How Australians feel towards other countries. Picture: The Lowy Institute, 2011 Poll

In comparison, New Zealand scored 88 degrees while Great Britain and the US were given 79 and 70 degrees, respectively.

While these results may seem unsurprising, compared to New Zealand, Australians seem to feel less warmly towards Asian countries.

The Asia New Zealand Foundation mirrored questions asked by the Lowy Institute and returned some surprising results. The order in which the countries are ranked are roughly the same, however New Zealanders feel almost 10 degrees warmer on average towards Asian countries, rating China at 70 degrees and Indonesia at 65.

If such results are anything to go by, perhaps it is not the Liberal Party who should be blamed for anti-Asian sentiments, but Australian society as a whole. If these primary selection processes truly are about de-seating Asian candidates based on ethnicity, could it be a pre-emptive move to make sure a safe candidate is ready to be elected?

It’s unfortunate to think that a country that has built itself up on multiculturalism could have such deep-seated racial issues, especially at a time when our relations with Asian nations are becoming more important. So perhaps before Minister Bowen makes any more speeches on the ‘genius’ of multiculturalism in Australia.

Survey shows racism

January 23, 2012

Thirty per cent of people in the IT and finance sectors have firsthand experience of racism, a new survey shows. Photo: Jason South

ALMOST three-quarters of finance and information technology workers say racism exists in Australian hiring practices, a survey shows.

The survey of 895 workers, conducted by Balance Recruitment last month, also found that 30 per cent of people in the IT and finance sectors had firsthand experiences of racism. It found that people from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and China were more likely to be victims of racist hiring practices.

Those who felt racism was a major issue came from a variety of backgrounds including Anglo-Saxon, African, subcontinental and south-east Asian origins. Eight per cent of respondents said they believed ethnic stereotyping was warranted.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/survey-shows-racism-20120122-1qc6v.html#ixzz1kFEB11Fp

Australia, he should take a look at his colleagues in Canberra and question why so little of this ‘genius’ has managed to find a seat on either side of government.