The Liberals’ chances of forming government may hinge on five seats in Sydney that are domestic to some of Australia’s most diverse communitiesPeter Dutton’s comments on Wednesday approximately refugees not being “literate or numerate” and taking Australian jobs provoked a fierce reaction,including from the descendants of immigrants to Australia who, whether they were refugees or not, or had limited English skills when they migrated.
There are a number of marginal seats that regularly rank near the top on a range of metrics which indicate more multicultural and diverse communities: people who speak a language other than English at domestic,people born overseas and people with low proficiency in English. Related: Any election involving Crosby Textor involves dead cats, and we've just been thrown one | Will Woodward Related: Guardian Live election special event with Lenore Taylor and Katharine Murphy Continue reading...
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