Modi used food as a metaphor for the India–Australia relationship, saying that while milk, vegetables and lentils may come from Australia, tea and spices remain unmistakably Indian.
The 35-year-old Indian citizen arrived in New Zealand on a visitor visa in April 2023 and applied for refugee and protected-person status three months later.
The post, shared on July 12 from right-wing podcast platform 2 Worlds Collide, included the phrase “ABC: Albo Importing Indians for Votes” and was linked to commentary about Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s engagement with Indian-Australian communities during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Melbourne.
Victoria remains Australia's leading destination for international students, with around 322,000 students from approximately 170 countries choosing to study in the state during 2025.
Around 30,000 people showed up — doctors, nurses, engineers, academics, tradies, students, small business owners, the unglamorous backbone of the Indian-Australian community that politicians in Canberra and Wellington now routinely credit for economic and multicultural success.
Reaffirming the Coalition Government’s commitment to preserving Fiji’s multicultural identity, Minister Singh said the country’s diversity remained one of its greatest strengths.
The event, Melbourne Meets Modi, expected to draw around 30,000 attendees, is part of PM Narendra Modi’s third visit to Australia, where he will address the Indian community alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.
Government planning material says Keilor East residents would eventually have a turn-up-and-go service every 10 minutes, with trips to the CBD taking around 27 minutes and journeys from Keilor East to the airport taking about six minutes
Her career spans around 35 years across clinical practice, teaching, research and professional leadership, including work in acute care, aged care and palliative care.
