‘Sick of being ignored’: galvanised by Gaza, Australian Muslims aim to exert new political power at the election

Campaign signs in the Sydney seat of Watson for Muslim independent candidate Dr Ziad Basyouny and Labor’s Tony Burke. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters

In elections gone by, Az Fahmi volunteered for Labor’s home affairs minister, Tony Burke, in her electorate of Watson in Sydney’s south-west. Now she wants change.

“Enough is enough. We’re sick of being taken for granted. We’re sick of being ignored,” says the campaign volunteer, who works in communications.