Indian voters not having hope for Victoria Election

With Victoria’s election approaching, local political parties are actively vying for the support of Australia’s largest immigrant population.

However, the heated debates on national security and immigration, fueled by various parties’ plans to reduce net overseas migration, have led many Indian-Australians to believe that politicians are merely spouting platitudes without truly defending the significant economic and social value of immigrants to Australia.

Many Indian-Australian voters feel overwhelmed by the state’s stagnant economy following the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic and social problems. While many Indian-Australian voters are generally conservative and ambitious, potentially representing a strong support base for the Liberal Party, the political atmosphere and rhetoric of some parties have led them to feel alienated from traditional right-wing parties, as mainstream parties “don’t like people like them.”

Despite the active campaigning by Labor and Liberal Party leaders at large community events like Diwali and their emphasis on the importance of minority votes, community representatives point out that politicians at these events only offer empty rhetoric, failing to explicitly and loudly affirm the genuine economic and cultural value that immigrants bring to Australia in their daily public discourse.