In 2010 , he started working at the law firm Dunhill Madden Butler , which later merged with the accounting company Price Waterhouse Coopers in 2000 . Later , he entered politics by putting his name down for Australian Labour Party 's ( ALP ) preselection for the legislative seat of Auburn in 2001 . ALP Premier Bob Carr , in his book , '' Run For Your Life '' , said that the party passed over Yassine amidst intense anti-Lebanese , anti-Muslim sentiments after a series of gang rape attacks were committed against women in Sydney by Lebanese Australian youths led by serial rapist Bilal Skaf a year before . Carr later characterized the decision as unfair and unjust to Yassine . However , Yassine stated in the ABC 's RN interview that he was fortunate he did not push through with politics then as anti-Islamic rhetoric intensified when weeks after the 2001 election , the September 11 attacks occurred
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Talal Yassine