Politicians with white-collar backgrounds dominate Australia’s parliament, with lawyers and barristers comprising about one in five MPs in the federal Labor, Greens, National and Liberal parties, along with managers and consultants.
Former political staffers also dominate the ranks of politicians sitting in the House of Representatives and Senate. More than half of Labor MPs worked as staffers before getting preselected, while the make-up is about one-third for the Liberal party and 20 per cent for the Nationals.
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