Today I joined a gathering of over 500 Sikhs protesting persecution of religion in their home state of Punjab.
I have said constantly in Parliament that if you’re going to bring in people to Australia, surely
you bring in the persecuted minority from the Middle East – the Sikhs, the Jews and the Christians.Don’t think this won’t have an impression on the Parliament of Australia, we’ve always prided ourselves on being a country of a fair go. Well today we want the Australian Government to put their money where their mouth is and come out and say to the Indian Government that ‘we will not accept religious persecution’.