This is not the Australia I know: first Muslim woman MP hits back at immigration poll

By Fergus Hunter
Updated September 22 2016 - 8:23pm, first published 7:26pm
Labor senator Anne Aly says the Essential poll's questions about Muslims were too negatively worded.  Photo: Paul Kane
Labor senator Anne Aly says the Essential poll's questions about Muslims were too negatively worded. Photo: Paul Kane

The first Muslim woman elected to federal Parliament, Anne Aly, has declared that a poll showing half of respondents want to ban Muslim immigration doesn't reflect the true feelings and reality of mainstream Australia.

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