Activist exposes intolerance

"Are Australians tolerant of other races?" asks the Inner West Courier, in this 2008 article, based on the thoughts of former Bangladeshi asylum seeker, Maqsood Alshams:

"He said the attitude of some Liberal MPs during the Howard administration...had led to the perception that Australia was racist.

"We're tired of hearing these things," he said.

Now it turns out Mr Alshams is in the news once again.