After it was made very, very clear in last night’s western Sydney leaders’ debate that multiculturalism and protecting people was a massive issue for a lot of Australians – and not just those with migrant backgrounds – Labor is holding a press conference today talking up migration and the input migrants have had in shaping modern Australia.

DEIDRE CHAMBERS.

Albanese is at the opening of the Hay Street markets where he opens his press conference with:

I pay tribute to the Signorelli family. It’s such an enormous privilege to know Paul and his family. They’re great people who make a contribution with literally many millions of dollars of investment in a sign of confidence in this city. But they also make a contribution in so many other ways through philanthropy. This will be a place celebrating our multiculturalism.

We have a great privilege in this country of sharing this continent with the oldest continuous culture on earth, but also being able to experience the food, the music, the dancing, the culture, the language of all around the world. This here will be a centre of it. This is about job creation, it’s about boosting our economy, it’s about boosting tourism in this beautiful city. Bringing jobs and opportunities is what will thrive here, and it was a great honour for me with the Premier to be opening this centre and I congratulate once again Paul and his family on the contribution.