Labor condemns 'racist' anonymous flyers targeting MP Anne Aly

Federal Labor says “racist" flyers have been circulated in the Western Australian electorate of MP Anne Aly.

Labor has condemned "racist" flyers that refer to Western Australian MP Anne Aly by her Egyptian name and accuse her of supporting IS.

Source: AAP

Labor has condemned "racist" flyers that refer to Western Australian MP Anne Aly by her Egyptian name and accuse her of supporting IS. 

The flyers that use her full Egyptian name, Azza Mahmoud Fawzi Hosseini Ali el Serougi, have been distributed in her electorate of Cowan. 

Dr Aly is the first Muslim woman to be elected to Australia's federal parliament.
Labor has condemned "racist" flyers that refer to Western Australian MP Anne Aly by her Egyptian name and accuse her of supporting IS.
Source: AAP
The unclaimed material states Dr Aly once proposed "blasphemy laws like Saudi Arabia" and voted "to weaken our borders". 

A Labor campaign spokesperson called the leaflets "racist".

"This is dirty, this is desperate and this is racist. If the Liberals aren’t involved in something like this, they should rule it out immediately," the spokesperson told SBS News.

Labor's WA spokesperson Madeline King said the campaign in WA had turned "personal".

"(That) happen when people get desperate … and the lowest denominator in our humanity tends to come out and this is where it lands us in racist, little non-fact sheets that seek to spread misinformation and fear in the community," Ms King told the ABC.
WA Labor says it will be reporting the flyers to the Australian Electoral Commission.
WA Labor says it will be reporting the flyers to the Australian Electoral Commission. Source: ABC Australia
The flyers also accuse Dr Aly of voting to "release asylum seekers into community detention after 30 days" and "give asylum seekers access to work rights, health care and welfare" when she reportedly stood for the Greens in 2007.

Dr Aly reportedly ran with the Greens as a Senate candidate in 2007, but withdrew before polling day.

Labor intends to refer the flyers about Anne Aly to the Australian Electoral Commission. 

It comes after Queensland Senator Fraser Anning once again found himself copping flak for using a photo of a grieving family as part of an anti-Muslim attack ad on Facebook.

On Sunday, Senator Anning posted an image saying "If you want a Muslim for a neighbour, just vote Labor", 

It soon emerged the family pictured was the El-Dennaouis, who were in the news in 2005 when their 19-month-old daughter Rahma went missing from their Sydney Home.


Share
2 min read
Published 14 May 2019 11:33am
Updated 12 August 2022 3:26pm
By Rosemary Bolger, Claudia Farhart


Share this with family and friends