Anthony Albanese was quizzed on Wednesday about two Muslim women being physically attacked, with one pushed to the floor, in separate incidents at a mall at Epping, in Melbourne's north, on Thursday.
"I find this outrageous, that people were assaulted for who they are and attacks on the basis of people's race or their religious belief are un-Australian, they are outrageous," he told ABC Radio Melbourne.
"The perpetrators should be held fully to account and face the full force of the law."
Mr Albanese denies Australians view Islamophobia differently to anti-Semitism.
"All I can do is talk about the way that I look at it and I regard any attacks on the basis of race or people's faith as being an outrage and I think that overwhelmingly Australians are harmonious." he said.
An unidentified woman assaulted a 30-year-old woman inside the shopping complex before she pushed a 26-year-old woman to the floor in a separate incident about 10 minutes later, Victoria Police said.
The younger woman, Ealaf Al-Esawie, said the assault left her crying and scared to leave the house.
"I barely could breathe. I was shocked, terrified. I started crying like so hard," she told ABC radio.
Ms Al-Esawie said she wants the person responsible held to account.
"When I saw another Muslim lady wearing a hijab got attacked as well from the same lady, I was like no, that, that is Islamophobia," she said.
"We want we want to feel safe in our country."
Australian cricket star Usman Khawaja on Tuesday accused Mr Albanese of being silent over Islamophobic attacks and favouring other faiths.
The "atrocious" attacks will be "swept under the rug like all attacks against the Islamic community", Khawaja said in an Instagram post.
He called for a summit to tackle not just anti-Semitism but Islamophobia too.
When asked on Tuesday by AAP for a comment on the attacks following his prompt responses to a spate of anti-Semitic incidents, Mr Albanese's office pointed to a statement released by federal assistant minister for multicultural affairs Julian Hill.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said the violence was unacceptable, egregious and a disgrace and of particular concern was one of the victims being pregnant.
Home Affairs spokesman James Paterson also expressed his concern that women were assaulted in a statement on X and called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan condemned the "horrific" attacks when asked by reporters, calling the incidents "evil hatred".
Australia's Special Envoy to combat Islamophobia Aftab Malik said the "disgusting" attacks on the women brought the hidden cancer of Islamophobia to the surface.
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