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"A week before the March for Australia rallies, leaders from the south Asian
community held an emergency meeting.
“I feel this will be Cronulla 2.0,” Amar Singh texted the group on 23 August,
to arrange the meeting for the following day.
“There have already been physical attacks on international students in Sydney,”
the former Australian of the Year local hero award-winner warned.
Migrants of Indian background were directly targeted in promotional material
available on the March for Australia website before the anti-immigration
protests that took place across Australia on Sunday, echoing similar racist
messaging in the UK, and members of Australia’s Indian diaspora community
continue to report troubling stories about an increase in prejudice towards
those of south Asian heritage.
There was violence on the streets of Melbourne’s CBD during the March for
Australia, and it was followed by an alleged attack on women at a First Nations
protest site by a group of men including some members of neo-Nazi group the
National Socialist Network. The NSN’s leader, Thomas Sewell, has been charged
with multiple offences, including violent disorder and affray over the alleged
incident at Camp Sovereignty.
In the wake of the marches, Singh and others remain shocked and concerned over
the racist targeting of Australia’s Indian diaspora community.
On Wednesday, the Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, and police conveyed a
meeting of the state’s anti-hate taskforce, which heard directly from members
of the Indian community about their concerns.
“We have seen really hateful behaviour in recent days [and] its been so
disappointingly targeted at the Indian community,” Allan said in a video posted
on social media."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
