Federal Politics

Fergus Hunter

Fergus Hunter is a breaking news reporter for Fairfax Media in the federal press gallery at Parliament House

Labor's Richard Marles: "We have got to see leadership from our government."

Labor links Peter Dutton to high anti-Muslim sentiment

Labor frontbencher Richard Marles has linked a recent poll showing strong support for a ban on Muslim immigration with the conduct of Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, who this year said refugees "would be taking Australian jobs" and "languish in unemployment queues".

Labor senator Anne Aly says the Essential poll's questions about Muslims were too negatively worded.

First Muslim woman MP hits back at immigration poll

The first Muslim woman elected to federal Parliament, Anne Aly, has declared that a poll showing half of respondents want to ban Muslim immigration doesn't reflect the true feelings and reality of mainstream Australia.