Australian Test opener Usman Khawaja has actually implicated Peter Dutton of “sustaining Islamophobia” over remarks the opposition leader made about prospective Muslim prospects in Western Sydney electorates. Following WA senator Fatima Payman’s defection from Labor on Thursday, Dutton recommended that if the federal government is gone back to power at the next election it would be as a minority federal government. “The Prime Minister, if he’s in a minority federal government in the next regard to parliament, it will consist of the Greens, it’ll consist of green teals, it’ll consist of Muslim prospects from Western Sydney. It will be a catastrophe,” the Liberal leader stated. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today “If you believe the Albanese federal government is bad now, wait on it to be a minority federal government with the Greens, the green teals and Muslim independents. “That is not the formula for bringing grocery rates down and for getting our economy back on track.” Khawaja, who ended up being the very first Muslim to bet Australia when he made his Test launching throughout the 2010-11 Ashes, took objective at the talk about Thursday. “As a Muslim who matured in Western Sydney I discover this remark from somebody who is running for PM an outright disgrace,” Khawaja stated on social networks platform X, previously Twitter. “Bigotry at its finest. Sustaining Islamophobia from the really leading.” Dutton’s remarks follow reports a grassroots political motion is preparing to capitalise on neighborhood anger over the federal government’s position on Gaza and is presently weighing up prospects to back in a variety of Labor-held seats in Western Sydney. “People are supporting the motion understanding that there requires to be a shift in the vibrant,” a representative for the Muslim Vote informed the ABC. “It is the very first time that the Muslim neighborhood has actually understood that their vote does matter. This has actually been a line in the sand.” Usman Khawaja has actually knocked Peter Dutton over remarks about prospective Muslim prospects. Credit: Usman Khawaja/Twitter Payman previously pledged to overcome death dangers and anger from Labor associates to promote Palestinian rights after she stopped the celebration on Thursday. Payman stated she was “deeply torn” however had actually been entrusted to no option since she thought Labor was moving too gradually to acknowledge Palestinian statehood and had actually tired internal choices. “Witnessing our federal government’s indifference to the best oppression of our times makes me question the instructions the celebration’s taking,” she stated.
Aussie Test champ Usman Khawaja knocks Peter Dutton over Muslim prospect remarks
