Lee Lin Chin takes a dig at Opposition Leader Michael Daley ahead of NSW election

A comment about Asians “taking people’s jobs” sparked outrage. Now Lee Lin Chin has come back with the perfect response.

Former SBS star Lee Lin Chin has had a dig at the prospective NSW premier over his comments linking Asian immigration to young people fleeing Sydney.

A video emerged this week of Opposition Leader Michael Daley claiming foreigners were forcing local children out of the major city.

“Our young children will flee and who are they being replaced with? They are being replaced by young people from typically Asia with PhDs,” the then-deputy Labor leader told a public function in the Blue Mountains in September.

“So there’s a transformation happening in Sydney now where our kids are moving out and foreigners are moving in and taking their jobs.”

Michael Daley’s comments couldn’t have surfaced at a worse time with the state election being held on Saturday.

Mr Daley has copped widespread condemnation for the comments, throwing his tilt for the state leadership in jeopardy.

Don’t worry @michaeldaleyMP I stole an Australian newsreaders job without a PhD. We will take all the jobs regardless of our education.

— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChin) March 19, 2019

And the charismatic former newsreader Lee Lin Chin was sharp as always in her swipe ahead of the state NSW election on Saturday.

“Don’t worry Michael Daley, I stole an Australian newsreaders job without a PhD,” she wrote on Twitter.

“We will take the jobs regardless of our education.”

Though it’s been reported Lee Lin Chin’s Twitter account is operated collaboratively by her and comedian Chris Leben.

Lee Lin Chin was sharp as always.

Key Labor frontbencher Chris Minns issued an apology to the community on Tuesday through the Chinese social media platform WeChat.

Mr Minns represents the electorate of Kogarah, which has a large Chinese population.

“I want to make it clear that I love my community because of its wonderful character and heritage, not despite it,” he posted.

“I have proudly stood up for the Chinese community, and I won’t stop now.”

Labor frontbencher Chris Minns represents the electorate of Kogarah, which has a large Chinese community.

In a 40-minute press conference on Tuesday in the wake of the comments, Mr Daley declined several opportunities to apologise without qualification.

And in an interview with news.com.au he admitted he could have used better language and said Sydney’s housing affordability wasn’t because of Asian migrants.

“I was talking about housing affordability in Sydney, how it’s becoming a very expensive city to live, how it’s becoming expensive to live and almost impossible for young people now to buy a house,” the opposition leader told news.com.au.

“I was making the point that no matter where you’re from and what your background is, we’re all in Sydney together.

“I’d like people to still keep coming and working from overseas, they’re very highly skilled and make a terrific contribution. But at the same time, I’d like to see sufficient housing in Sydney on an affordable basis so people don’t have to leave.

“That’s the point I was making but I didn’t make it as well as I should. I used a poor choice of words, I admit that.”

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