Minister downplays concerns Australia’s Covid crisis has hit multicultural communities harder

Alan Tudge concedes the economic impact has been ‘tougher for some’ due to their exclusion from welfare

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Alan Tudge has questioned whether the Covid-19 health crisis has hit multicultural communities harder, but conceded the economic impact has been “tougher for some families” due to their exclusion from welfare.

The population, acting immigration and multicultural affairs minister made the comments at the National Press Club on Friday, after a speech claiming more free English classes and testing prospective citizens on Australian values would boost “social cohesion”.

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