Journalist Lee Lin Chin has fired back at NSW Labor Leader Michael Daley after he claimed young people were being forced to 'flee' Sydney because educated Asian migrants were stealing their jobs.
Chin, the former SBS news anchor, took to social media to take a swipe at Mr Daley after footage emerged of his controversial rant in a pub in the Blue Mountains.
'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.'
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Iconic newsreader Lee Lin Chin (pictured) has fired back at the NSW Labor Leader after his comments about young people being forced from cities by Asian immigrants
The former long time SBS news anchor took to her social media to take a swipe at Mr Daley's comments from 2018 when he said young people are 'being replaced' by people from Asia with a PhD
Her tweet attracted more than 500 retweets and close to 4000 favourites from Twitter users.
'His biggest worry right now - voters of NSW taking his job,' one Twitter user responded to the tweet.
'Can you steal a nasty MP's job,' another quipped.
Chin's tweet was posted after Mr Daley refused to issue an unconditional apology for controversial comments he made at a public function in September last year.
'Our young children will flee and who are they being replaced with? They are being replaced by young people from typically Asia with PhDs,' Daley said in the video.
Michael Daley (pictured) refused to issue an unconditional apology for controversial comments he made at a public function in September last year
Speaking outside Allianz Stadium in Sydney on Tuesday, he admitted he could've used better language but repeatedly refused to apologise.
The 53-year-old said he called situations as he saw them.
'One of the things you know about me is ... I call it as I see it,' Mr Daley said, reported The Daily Telegraph.
He also rebuffed the question of whether he would agree if his comments could be perceived as 'racist'.
'We are in the Asian region — the statistics bear almost half of the immigrants to Australia are from the Asian region — particularly the skilled migration scheme,' Mr Daley continued.
'They're welcome to come to Sydney and I've said that, I've said it's not a bad thing because Asian kids are coming to work here, it's a bad thing because I'd like my daughter and others like her to remain here,' he concluded.
Mr Daley (pictured centre) admitted he could've used better language but declined the opportunity to apologise without qualification
(File picture) Mr Daley continued to backtrack on his prior observations and claimed the issue was not with people coming from Asia, but housing affordability in Sydney
He continued to backtrack on his prior observations and claimed the issue was not with people coming from Asia, but housing affordability in Sydney.
'I have conceded that my language could have been better, I've readily acknowledged that and if anyone has taken offence to what I've said, I do apologise,' he said.
'But I did make the point, and I make the point again today, that Sydney is becoming an increasingly difficult place to live in.
'Commutes are longer, people are having to move further away from the CBD, a fifth of Sydney families are suffering rental stress,'
