If convicted, the charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment.

Mr Cheema* said the attackers made racist remarks during the assault, including telling him to “go back to your f*** country.”

Investigators reported that some migrant workers were living in squalid conditions described as akin to modern slavery.

Fangqi Peng, 30, was at the popular eastern suburbs beach on Sunday afternoon with three friends who were collecting sea snails along the shoreline.

“Yet again, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is caught out in blatant racism. This time, a paid official of her party is posting videos inviting people to play ‘spot the Westerner’.”

“The Allan Labor government can’t afford to mow the grass anymore. So we decided to do it for them,” she said.

He dismissed claims that employers in Australia and New Zealand were rejecting Fijian workers due to crime or domestic violence, clarifying that no such reports have been received.

“We have strongly raised the matter with Australian authorities and urged them to take immediate action to recover the missing statue and hold the culprits accountable.”

“Crimes like this are an attack on all Victorians who value respect, inclusion and the strength of our diverse society”

Capacity constraints remain binding. Demand is too strong. And without changes to fiscal and structural policy, interest rates will remain the primary lever — regardless of the political cost.