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Afghan migrant accused of abusing Centrelink employee because she was female

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An Afghan migrant was accused of abusing a Centrelink employee and calling her an "Aussie bitch" who he allegedly could not work with because she was not a male.

Qurban Ali Hussein faced the Federal Court to defend himself against the allegation that he told the female manager of Auburn's Centrelink officer: "No, you're not (the manager). The manager is a man", the Daily Telegraph reports.

The court heard Mr Hussein said words to the effect of "There is this Aussie bitch and she thinks she is a manager" and "Get the man manager" as a security guard asked him to leave.

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He was banned from visiting Centrelink for four months.

Mr Hussein denied the allegation and has accused the public servants of racially abusing him because he is an ethnic Hazara.

"There were a lot of witnesses but they would not give their names or testify in court," he claimed.

The Commonwealth denied Centrelink staff racially abused Mr Hussein or made him leave due to his ethnicity.

Judge Nicholas Manousaridis found staff had not breached the Racial Discrimination Act when the incident in February 2012.

Mr Hussein claimed he was mistakenly told to attend Centrelink by text message and had "every right to feel humiliated" when asked to leave.

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