Excellent article, John, but I think there may be constitutional difficulties in making it compulsory to answer the census question on religion.

And even more in ensuring it's answered truthfully. A very silly idea.

I wonder does John miss Pauline Hanson. John is a long time racists and will always be. He is using Muslims as he has used Asians, southern Europeans and black's in the past. Claw back under your rock John. I’m sure there was a John in England in 1066 saying these Anglos will never fit in.

Multiculturalism is the most treacherous, dangerous policy ever foisted on the Australian people by our fawning politicians who take us for granted while toadying to minorities who simply will not make the effort to fit in, but who enjoy the advantages of living here. There are about 900,000 foreigners living permanently in Australia who haven’t bothered to become citizens. What do our wet governments do about it? They drag out the same old advertisement around this time of the year “inviting” these shadow dwellers to become citizens, saying there has never been a better time to do it, as though Australian citizenship is on a par with buying a used car. Do it now or go, should be the message

We have people who, even though they are citizens and have similar backgrounds and culture to the host population (and who are good and valuable people) go around thinking of themselves as Italian, Greek, English etc. even though they have been living here for years. We now have successive generation people of “ethnic” (I loathe that word) background who have never even been to the country of their forebears thinking of themselves as something other than Australian, thanks to the fad of multiculturalism. And, it must be said, many Australians think of people lacking names like “Smith” or “Jones” as not quite Australian. There doesn’t appear to be a serious commitment to being Australian, even among people of largely similar cultures and beliefs who are citizens of the one country.

Not satisfied with that, the multiculturalists decided that it is a would be a good idea to gradually impose 300,000 or so Muslims on the country; people who will never fit into a Western democratic society, no matter how “nice” or “moderate” they are as individuals. And, to top it all off, our government has decided to consult Muslim leaders on matters that the Muslims themselves say has nothing to do with their religion, but with twisted, criminal individuals - breaking one of the tenets of secular democracy – politics and religion do not mix. What will the payback be?

What a shocking piece of bigoted and ignorant vilification.

So, John ... what shall we do with all those Christians who also believe that our society is immoral and who can't wait for it to end (with the second coming)?

The problem is religion as a whole, not one specific set of beliefs or one group of people.

No where in this bilious piece of fascist and Right wing diatribe was there any description of how assimilation should occur. Moreover, it simply assumes a white Australian culture exists.

Would someone please give John Stone the address of a nursing home where they don't mind listening to the incessant ravings of an incontinent old colonialist. A nice room with a portrait of Sammy Griffith and Queen Liz on the wall, some kitsch Australiana here and there, a good hard mattress and pillows (no soft poofy stuff for this bloke thanks) and don't forget - he only eats Australian food.(whatever that is)