2019 Federal Election: Multicultural reaction to the Federal Election

Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives at a multicultural event at Koondoola, 25km north of Perth.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives at a multicultural event at Koodoonla 25 km north of Perth. Source: AAP

There's been a mixed but hopeful reaction from Australia's multicultural communities to the Federal Election.


When he was immigration minister, Peter Dutton raised a lot of hackles with this comment on radio, suggesting asylum seekers coming to Australia were economic migrants, not genuine refugees.


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