Q: Labor and Liberal MPs have been forced to cancel appearances at Mosques in recent days, are you concerned about anger in parts of the Muslim community for backlash that might come your way?

Albanese:

I’m not concerned about the policies for this, I’m concerned about social cohesion. Social cohesion is really important. Elections come and go. Do you know what stays? Our commitment to multiculturalism. Our commitment to respect each other. At citizenship ceremonies, my stump speech, has in we can feel about Australia like we can be a microcosm for the world, if you look around the world, conflict in the Middle East, conflict and land war in Europe, wars in Africa, we live in really uncertain times, and I want us to be a microcosm for the world that can show that people of Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and no religion can live next door to each other and enrich diversity and by the respect that we show each other. That is what is important.