THE development of the controversial $400 million trade centre by the Wuai Group has been labelled as an unarmed invasion by the extremist political party Australia First (AF).
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In a seven-page diatribe delivered to The Daily Advertiser, the party said the development would become a “migrant compound” and described Wagga mayor Rod Kendall as a “collaborator” and “traitor”.
Cr Kendall said the claims were not worthy of any comment whatsoever.
“This is imperialism, pure and simple,” AF said.
While no development application has yet been received by Wagga City Council and despite details yet to be confirmed, Australia First said the design of the permanent trade expo “sounds like a Rural Paddy’s market outside town - a Chinese ghetto”.
The radical document calls for “little traitors” who support the development of the trade expo to be shunned.
“All patriotic Australians should shun such persons, completely, refuse to trade with them, communicate with them or even - acknowledge them,” AF said.
It is believed the document was also distributed to a number of Baylis Street businesses.
The madness didn’t stop there.
In a follow-up one page document it quotes chairman of the NSW branch of AF, Dr Jim Saleam, as saying, “This centre, linked as it must be to the politics of water-restriction and the organized-destruction [sic] of farm land, is the most viable symbol of Chinese imperialism in Australia.
“It ranks alongside the Ord River takeovers, the Cubby Station purchase and the ruthless control of Chinese students, as symbolic of the politics and economics of colonization [sic].
“It should be fought by ordinary Australians.”
The Advertiser contacted several migrant-affiliated community organisations who also thought the claims weren’t worthy of any comment whatsoever.
Member for Wagga Daryl Maguire, who has been very supportive of the Waui Group, dismissed the comments of the political party.
“They can say what they like.”
Mr Maguire said the party were entitled to their own opinion and the public would form their own.
These latest claims by AF follow a number of racially-based comments on social media in Wagga in recent weeks.