Terrorism label puts multicultural communities ‘on edge’, independent MP Dai Le warns

Police and intelligence agencies should consult with multicultural communities before designating an incident an act of terror, Fowler MP says

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Authorities need to consult multicultural communities to ensure labelling violent crimes a terror act does not alienate people, an independent MP says.

Dai Le, who represents the western Sydney electorate of Fowler where a bishop was stabbed during a sermon, called for police to be culturally aware of what declaring a terrorism incident could do to a community.