Anthony Albanese says "we need to do more" to combat anti-Muslim prejudice after report

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has acknowledged that Australia must take additional steps to address anti-Muslim prejudice, following the release of a long-awaited report by Special Envoy Aftab Malik on Saturday. The report found that Muslim Australians still face regular discrimination and called for deeper government action. In Sydney, Albanese announced that his administration would adopt 35 of the report’s 54 proposals, including creating an education task force, providing $41.9 million to improve security at Muslim religious sites, reviewing the national curriculum for anti-Muslim bias, and expanding federal police outreach to affected communities. While the government declined to endorse all recommendations, Albanese stated that further efforts are necessary. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke separately noted that Islamophobic incidents are chronically underreported and remain a serious, widespread problem.