Unfettered individualism has failed Australia and every other nation.
The evidence lies as an open book for anyone with eyes to see. From the 1980s deregulation of our currency and finance sector; along with comprehensive privatisations of State and Federal Government assets has occured. We are still being told by the ALP and the Coalition in 2008 that the continued privatisation and excesive levels of immigration so as to remove our national identity are all good for us. Curious indeed.
Writing letters,talking to radio disc jockeys or voting for a different major political party will only encourage the ALP and the Coalition to treat us all as mugs. And we are mugs !

There is a far, far better way. Here is how you can change things:

http://www.dlp.org.au/

Bronwen;

Diversity is not always the answer. Some of the most connected, caring and strong communities in the world are essentialy mono-cultural. So rather than: "Initiatives to enhance appreciation of diversity, strengthen multiculturalism, reduce fear of difference, and encourage curiosity and open-mindedness, rather than xenophobia"

Why not programs to build linguistic, cultural and societal common ground? why not focus on what we are together rather than what set us apart?

A sense of community is best developed through a mutual sense of belonging... diversity doesn't really help that, i'm afraid.

Multiculturalism and 'diversity' are hate crimes and form part of an ideology to undermine a nation's religius and cultural identity.
Australian citizens should be confident and sure of their own heritage and history so as to reject any form of undermining from well placed ideological seedbeds of hatred and politics of grievance that are outside of normal thinking.
We the Australian people and our children and grandchildren have a right NOT to be subjected to such anti-intellectual brainwashing from such ideologues that are even embedded within our tertiary institutions and government.

Joanne “Unfettered individualism has failed Australia and every other nation... Multiculturalism and 'diversity' are hate crimes”

Unfettered socialism resulted in UK having to be baled out of national financial collapse in 1970s, following the incompetent policies of the Wilson / Callaghan socialists.

The Berlin Wall was constructed to stop people escaping from the Socialist Democratic Republic of East Germany.

“We the Australian people and our children and grandchildren have a right NOT to be subjected to such anti-intellectual brainwashing from such ideologues that are even embedded within our tertiary institutions and government.”

The DLP is a stooge of the Church of Rome

Reminding me, a Jesuit mantra ”Give me a child till the age of 7 and I'll give you a Believer for life."

Lenin said

“Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever”

Maybe there is more brainwashing going on than you are prepared to ‘fess up to?

I would suggest “Socialist Community” is something which can only be imposed by the state or some other collective authority, designed to regulate and presumably reign in the benefits which might accrue from the pursuit of individual liberty.

Lenin said the same thing, in a different way (and bluntly more effectively)

“When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state”

I make no apology for placing my faith in personal liberty, individual diversity and limitations to the authority of the state at the expense of Bronwen Lloyds notion of enforced “community”.

It is simple really

‘Life’, free will and ultimately "personal growth" is experienced through the expression and implementation of personal choice personal values, personal self interest and possibly producing personal reward.

Compliance with externally imposed rules, designed to ensure we conform with the social edicts of the state and aspire only to those levels ascribed by the state('glass ceilings') is mere ‘existence’

and I, personally, do not want to merely ‘exist’.

btw Lenin also said “the goal of socialism is communism”

No hiding despotism, regardless of the sentimental goo it is covered in