Anne Aly takes a dixer to defend Indian migrants after Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s grandstanding yesterday.

I want to say to Indian Australians, this is our message. You do not have to justify your belonging in this country. We know you. We value you. We thank you for everything you have contributed to Australia to communities, to charities, to business, to politics, to our medical profession, to our economy. We stand with you as we always have. When the immigration of Lebanese Australians was described as a mistake, that was wrong. When the African Australian community were unfairly stereotyped, that was wrong. When the Chinese Australian community were accused of being spies, that was wrong. And the scapegoating of Indian communities, designed to undermine their sense of safety and belonging, is wrong. Every member of this Labor government stands by the communities that they represent, and we will always call out attempts to divide us because it is by calling them out that we will strengthen our social cohesion.