The backlash came a day after Peter Dutton visited a Sydney mosque,as the Coalition courts voters in ethnically and religiously diverse communities.
The City of Dandenong has called in police amid a volatile dispute in the Afghan community over a push to change the name of a shopping strip.
Three years after arriving in Australia as a refugee,Setara Amiri is one of the stars of an Australian movie about to be released in India.
Australia avoided a repeat of the Jonny Bairstow saga after deciding to withdraw an appeal during their Champions Trophy clash with Afghanistan in Lahore.
Australia were sitting pretty against Afghanistan – with a rampant Travis Head and Steve Smith in complete control – before heavy rain hit Lahore.
Cricket Australia will not boycott Friday’s game in Lahore but has previously called off bilateral series against Afghanistan after the Taliban regained power in 2021 and imposed bans on women playing the sport.
Yi-Pin Lin has holidayed in 120 nations over the past decade. There was one country he had always dreamed of visiting but was too afraid. Until now.
Afghanistan is on DFAT’s “do not travel” list,but you can still get a delicious taste of this Central Asian country in Melbourne.
Ross Gittins may well bemoan the “era of gutless government”,but perhaps he should direct his criticism to the people responsible,the electors of Australia.
Outgoing ICC chair Greg Barclay said in an interview that Australia and England had done the expedient thing by announcing they would not play bilateral games against Afghanistan after the 2021 Taliban takeover.