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Multicultural Australia was built under a Liberal prime minister. The current party should take heed

  • Written by Gwenda Tavan, Adjunct Associate Professor of Politics, La Trobe University
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Multiculturalism first made its way into Australian political dialogue in the 1970s, with the idea that the country could, and should, be home to people from all over the world.

Inevitably, there was backlash against the idea, with opponents arguing it was the creation of political elites, such as...

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