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Self-proclaimed swing voter, Tom Zheng, at his Grain Asian BBQ in Box Hill. Law and order is at the top of his concerns. Photograph: Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/The Guardian

Racks of duck and golden roast pork hang outside Tom Zheng’s restaurant in Melbourne’s Box Hill Central shopping centre, flanked by hot custard pastry on one side and mounds of stuffed tofu on the other.

But after almost 20 years operating Grain Asian BBQ, he’s not sure he can continue.