Immigration Minister Dudon (Peter Dutton) earlier said Melbourne residents dared not go out to dinner at night because of rampant African-American gangster crime, and the comments were then mercilessly ridiculed by netizens.
On Wednesday, Duddon told Sydney radio station 2GB that people were afraid to go to restaurants at night because they would be followed home by the gangs, who feared burglary and car theft, but that would not happen in New and Queensland. Dutton did not list the cases.
Hundreds of residents on Twitter (Twitter) used the theme label # Melbourne counterattack # and posted photos of themselves dining out to rebuke Duddon`s comments.
One netizen joked, "I went out to dinner last night. Surprisingly, there were no gangsters, but there were some kids playing around our car, so Mr. Dutton might have said that."
"at least our generation X and millennials in Melbourne can afford to buy a house now because we are too afraid to eat in restaurants," said another female netizen. But I will miss the avocado bread. "
"the only thing Melbourne is afraid of is to get on a tram and see you on it, too."
Prime Minister (Malcolm Turnbull) on Monday reprimanded Victoria`s governor, Andrews (Daniel Andrews), for increasing gang violence and lawbreaking in the state.
Parton (Shane Patton), the state`s acting governor, said Mr Dutton should apologize for his comments. "I think residents of Werribee and Wyndham deserve an apology from Duddon," he said. "he overstated the political point of view."
At the same time, he believes the federal government has the responsibility to reduce the federal funding for immigration services, including employment services.
Crime statistics show that overall crime rates among adolescents and young people have fallen over the past decade.
Last week, members of the, Menace to Society (MTS) mob vandalized Tarneit`s Ecoville Community Park, smashing furniture, windows and walls, and leaving their drug paraphernalia.
A few days before Christmas, "MTS" graffiti also appeared on the wall of a AirBnB party room in Werribee, west Melbourne.
More than 100 young people in the room, mainly from South Sudan, threw stones at police when they were asked to withdraw.
On Boxing Day, a policeman tried to arrest a 16-year-old boy at a shopping mall in Maribyrnong and was kicked in the face.
In June, 15 African-American men fought in a barber`s shop near Footscray, Melbourne, where an axe hit a man in the head.
