The News Corp journalist, who has a platform on Sky News’ After Dark, as well as in the Murdoch tabloids around the country, blamed six “poor, outer-suburban areas in Melbourne’s north and south-east where more than a third of residents were born overseas, in countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Iraq, China and Vietnam” and said “many of the sick are probably from immigrant families”.
“Just what kind of families are involved, neither the government nor the Ethnic Communities Council will say,” he wrote.
In June he followed it up with more on the theme in pieces headlined “Multiculturalism made Victoria vulnerable to coronavirus” and “Virus thrives in multiculturalism” – which some readers complained were not only inaccurate and unfair, but offensive and prejudicial to those who are from diverse backgrounds, the press council adjudication said.
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Perthâs COVID-19 case 903 is extraordinary but he is not alone
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While case 903âs encounter with the deadly coronavirus sparked an extraordinary new chapter in WAâs fight against COVID-19, his life is typical of the tens of thousands of international students seeking a better future in Australia.
Not only do they have to study hard, they are often burdened with heavy obligations to family back home and a high cost of living that forces them to take employment in COVID coalface positions such as security or cleaning.
Kombo is more than just South Sudanese meal. For some in Melbourne, it s been a lifeline
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Monica Majak and other mothers have been preparing special homemade dishes for people in need.
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Monica Majak carries a five-kilogram slab of beef the size of a bowling ball and sets it to boil inside a pot that s so large it requires two burners.
Her friends join her to strip hundreds of large bean leaves, before chopping okra.
They add a dash of spices, a sizeable dollop of peanut butter and salt to the meat mix, and after stirring it all together they shut the lid.