A Queensland MP is livid about a fake health warning telling people to stay away from Brisbane suburbs with large Chinese populations due to the coronavirus threat. Duncan Pegg has expressed disgust over what he describes as a "racist" hoax, drawn up to look like an official health department alert and warning against non-essential travel to four suburbs that are home to many Chinese families. The post, circulated on Facebook and Chinese social media platform WeChat, warned Queensland had issued a "level 3 health warning for coronavirus" and people should not travel to Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hill (sic), Runcorn and Eight Mile Plains. It noted those areas had a "ratio of 1 to 3 non-Chinese Australians". Mr Pegg, whose electorate takes in targeted suburbs including Sunnybank, says there is no heightened threat and he’s upset but not surprised, with similar campaigns run in the past targeting his multicultural community. "For […]