Great article, but I am wondering why Mr Howard wants people born overseas to be more Australian yet won't make those people from the former British Isles learn to speak proper Australian.

The Scots,Irish and most places outside of London except the east end and cockneys are all unable to speak Australian ( don't start me on the NZ ) and yet we allow them to come here and live without becoming Australians or learning the language. These people refuse to become Australian, vote or serve in our armed forces and have created gheto's for their kind which are no go zones of Australians. The only difference between them and other refugees is that they have come here for economic reasons and not political. I think they should all be deported unless they become Australian and learn our language.

Re the last paragraph, what is somewhat ironic is that the Sudanese migrant community is for the most part Christian - certainly the dozen or so I know are all church-goers. Yet this community has failed the famous Andrews taste test. A good article, Kevin. I'm just waiting for that professional white lizz-the-yank to weigh in and tell us all why you are wrong!

Ummm Yindin....... you’re an idiot!!

Well at least Kevin Rennie has actually had some real experience with non-white immigrants, unlike most of lefties who applaud mass immigration from the safety of their white enclaves in the wealthy, inner suburbs. I applaud him for that, at least.

I have lived all over Sydney, the best parts near the beach and the worst parts of the southwest. My own impression is that our ``multicultural society'' does NOT work. In a city as geographically large as Sydney there isn't much obvious racial friction simply because of the fact that people of different cultures and races don't mix that much. Given the choice, most people, whatever their background, choose to associate with their own kind. The richer the area the more obvious it is. The Balmain basketweavers can sing the praises of "multiculturalism'' as much as they want but their actions speak louder than words and they have created one of the whitest enclaves in Sydney because that's the way they like it (they like the ethnic restaurants, just not the ethnics).

If we were all crowded in together like they are in London, the Cronulla riots would be an annual event.

The most "multicultural" areas of Sydney are the most unattractive, crime-ridden and socially dysfunctional. The best places are the most homogenous. That's really all you need to know when evaluating the legacy of this failed social experiment.

Thank you Kevin-

you are so right -that Howard and his cronies just " don't get it".

Kevin Andrews- is lead by John Howard and Howard is the LEADER whose record is clearly and righteously xenophobic -

John Howard as everyone knows is small-minded and excruciatingly ignorant-he approves Andrews stance and probably doesn't understand what the problem is -just doesn't get it.

The Cronulla riot was set up and fuelled by fabulous Alan Jones etc and one eyed attitudes such as your own- you just don't get it