Pro-mass immigration parties the Liberals and the Greens have been blasted for producing federal election material in Chinese, with many voters saying the use of foreign languages in campaigns should be banned.
Irritated Australians responded to photos of a Greens pamphlet in Queensland which was almost entirely in Chinese characters, and a signboard for the Liberal Party candidate for Reid in Sydney, Grange Chung, that had his name written in Chinese and Korean.
All election campaign material should be written in English ONLY.
I’ve seen a few candidates from different parties have other languages printed on their signs.
I’d never vote for any of these candidates if they were in my electorate. pic.twitter.com/qBdFn9Q8HC
— Kobie Thatcher (@KobieThatcher) April 23, 2025
Conservative commentator Kobie Thatcher shared the photo of the Liberal poster on X, captioned: “All election campaign material should be written in English ONLY.
“I’ve seen a few candidates from different parties have other languages printed on their signs. I’d never vote for any of these candidates if they were in my electorate.”
“Not only should the campaign material be in English, the voter should be expected to read/speak English fluently,” one Australian responded.
“I do agree,” said another. “If you can’t read election campaign information or signs in English, then leave. Why are these people here?”
Independent journalist Laurence McIntyre from What’s News!? posted the photo of the Greens pamphlet, which was all in Chinese except for the words “Medicare”, “TAFE” and “Centrelink”, the English name of candidate for Bonner in Brisbane, Wen Li, and the name of the candidate for Moreton, Remah Naji.
Just when you thought the @Greens couldn’t get any more insane.
They’re now handing out campaign material entirely in Chinese at polling booths…
This is Australia, right!? 🇦🇺 > 🇨🇳 pic.twitter.com/0cw5dzB9Oi
— What’s News!? (@Whats_Newsss) April 23, 2025
Mr Li describes himself as a “first-generation immigrant”, while Ms Naji is Palestinian and moved to Australia 12 years ago.
“Just when you thought the Greens couldn’t get any more insane. They’re now handing out campaign material entirely in Chinese at polling booths… This is Australia, right!?” wrote Mr McIntrye.
“Are there no Chinese words for ‘free stuff provided by taxpayers’?” asked one of his followers.
“LNP has done that plenty of times too – it’s now considered the acceptable consequence of living in a ‘multicultural society’,” said another.
At the time of the 2021 Census there were almost 1.4 million people of Chinese ancestry living in Australia, including 677,420 born in Communist China, 101,290 from Hong Kong and 59,250 born in Taiwan.
Both Labor and the Coalition have been attempting to win over the Chinese voting bloc ahead of the May 3 election.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition leader Peter Dutton competed in February for who could promise the most money to Melbourne’s Lunar New Year festival, and in March Foreign Minister Penny Wong held a Chinese community event where White Australians were refused entry.
The Greens have open borders immigration and refugee policies, while the Coalition is promising to reduce migration levels from Labor’s record-highs by just 25%, and are proposing an international student cap just 10% lower.
Header image: Left, the Liberal sign. Right, the Greens pamphlet (X).
