The Wire

In this Saturdays council elections in NSW, some candidates will be running campaigns aimed at attracting the xenophobic vote. Groups like the Australia First Party, have been running an anti immigration platform and say the Sutherland Shire region in Sydney’s south, should remain predominantly white. Another candidate, Darrin Hodges, has been linking high-rise developments in the area with an influx of Asian immigrants. The Sutherland Shire has a history of racial tension with violence and riots in 2005 at Cronulla. Independent candidate Darrin Hodges, holds the view that Australia has become ‘too’ multicultural and says we need to re-assess our position as a white Country.