New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- Deepa Mathew, an Indian-origin candidate of Australia's Family First party, accused South Australian Peter Malinauskas of demeaning migrants when he challenged One Nation voters to consider "who's going to feed you and bathe you and wipe your bum when you're 90" if immigration is curtailed.

Mathew, who migrated from India to Adelaide two decades ago with her husband and three-month-old baby, was quoted by The Australia Today as saying that the Premier's language reduced migrants to a stereotype.

She reportedly said, "I didn't come here to wipe bums. I came here to be Australian."

The statements were made ahead of the 2026 State Election.

Peter Malinauskas, the premier of the Australian state of South Australia, s...