Labor MP calls for united response to racism following attacks on Chinese-Australians

Call comes after China warned students to reconsider going to Australia because of incidents of discrimination' targeting people of Asian descent

Australian politicians must unite against racism after Chinese-Australians were subjected to awful and shocking" abuse during the pandemic, the shadow minister for multicultural affairs has told parliament.

Andrew Giles, a Victorian Labor MP, warned that the rise in racist incidents was a threat to social cohesion and demanded an unambiguous response" from everyone in positions of leadership, which should include a new national strategy to tackle the problem.