Police and intelligence agencies should consult with multicultural communities before designating an incident an act of terror, Fowler MP says
Authorities need to consult multicultural communities to ensure labelling violent crimes a terror act does not alienate people, an independent MP says.
“Many of our communities who escaped tyrannical regimes ... with that word, what it brings on is people are feeling, ‘Oh my God, terror has followed us’. That will make people live on edge,” she said. Police and intelligence agencies should engage with multicultural communities to inform their advice, the independent MP said.
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