Ms Dai Le MP, the first Vietnamese Australian to be elected to Federal Parliament, speaks on what she has learnt from two years in federal politics about engagement with the diaspora, how much influence diaspora members have in Australian policy making, and what needs to be done to increase the role of diaspora communities in political life, for Asia Society Australia's digital publication Asia Agenda.

Ms Dai Le MP is the Federal Member for Fowler in Sydney's western suburbs, a local councillor, and a refugee. She won Fowler in Labor’s heartland as an Independent in 2022.

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