Ms Credlin this week apologised for linking the South Sudanese community, which is overwhelmingly Christian, to a reported mass gathering and spreading event on the Islamic holy day of Eid in late May.

While the accusations have a long tail and are not easily erased, Ms Anyieth says the real hurt is the presumption of wrongdoing, carelessness or foolishness on the part of the whole; the promotion, again, of otherness.

"It’s heartbreaking to see to information published that places stigma on a community that is part of Australia, that is also struggling and that is also affected by coronavirus," she says.

"For me, it stems from an ongoing history of racially profiling certain communities and it’s not what we, as a society, need at the moment."

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