Victoria’s premier says a man who allegedly set himself alight in a
Springvale bank branch is an isolated tragedy not a symptom of a wider
refugee problem
Emergency service workers outside a Commonwealth Bank branch in Springvale, Melbourne on Friday after more than two dozen people were injured in a fire. Photograph: Julian Smith/EPA
The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, has said the attack on a Melbourne bank should not be used as a “political weapon” in the debate about Australia’s refugee policy.
