Melbourne, Jan.10 (ANI): New immigrants should be taught about the Australian customs of wearing deodorant and waiting patiently in queues as part of a program to help them come to grips with local culture, opposition citizenship spokeswoman Teresa Gambaro has said.
Gambaro called for mandatory "cultural awareness training" to be taught by employers who are bringing in immigrants for work under programs such as 457 visas.
The Australian quoted Gambaro, as saying that she was concerned that new immigrants who had come on visas for work were not integrating into the community and that the nation was failing its obligation to teach them how to fit into Australian culture on issues such as health, hygiene and lifestyle.
"Without trying to be offensive, we are talking about hygiene and what is an acceptable norm in this country when you are working closely with other co-workers," Gambaro said.
"You hear reports of people using public transport (without deodorant) and I think Australian residents are guilty of this too," she said.
Gambaro's comments came a day after Coalition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison told The Australian temporary immigrants were not integrating into the broader Australian community. (ANI)
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