Now, if I can talk to those with a measurable IQ....

The Australia of the 20th century was built by Europeans - first north-western Europeans and later by southern and eastern Europeans. But European nonetheless. It was a nation with European values, European attitudes to individual freedoms, democracy, religion and economic activity.

That all began to change when Fraser (truly the most disastrous of all Liberal leaders) bought into multiculturalism. Importing communist fleeing Vietnamese (something Whitlam opposed) was one thing being that they were largely Europeanised, but bringing in multitudes of middle-eastern, north African and Sahel Africans is very different.

These people do not come to Australia to enjoy its culture and values. They come to enjoy access to the wealth the 20th century Europeans created. As to the culture and values, they are more than happy to see it eroded - eg "Gas the Jews".

Now I know that there are many exceptions to this and there'll be someone here telling us of Omar who opened successful fruitery (or whatever) to disprove the rule. But I'm talking in the macro sense.

Adam Smith opined that there is a lot of ruin in a country ie it takes a long time to spend down the endowment of generations. But we are doing it.

Much of western Europe is now grappling with the results of the unrestricted importation of alien cultures. We, largely due to the efforts of Howard and (especially) Abbott ("Stop the Boats) have, so far, avoided those problems.

But the current leadership is working hard to reverse that.

Newly-revealed Albanese bungling of visas of the scum his government let out of detention - even though they were told to release one person - is just one more indicator of what a piss pot Australia has become under Albanese, who won't take responsibility for his idiot ministers and burgeoning public service. How the hell did such a madman become prime minister!

Albanese is obviously using multiculturalism, importing of undesirable people and potential terrorists to divide us even more; to make us hate each other, to be on tenterhooks, to be frightened in a typical Communist manner of control.

Dear Foxy,

«Is Australia a melting pot, a salad bowl, or a mosaic?»

Australia is a continent!

Yes, Australia is a continent. That's very perceptive of you
Yuyutsu.

It also is home to the world's oldest continuous cultures
and has Australians who identify with more than 270
ancestries. Having this rich, cultural diversity is
considered by many to be one of our greatest strengths.

But of course each of us can only speak from our own
experiences. Ours has only been positive. We live in a
high-rise apartment building. Many of the residents are
Chinese. Our family doctor was also Chinese - he retired
and our current GP told us he's from Persia (Farsi).

My eye-specialist is from Pakistan. Our cleaning lady
is from Sri-Lanka (the one before her was from the Sudan).
Our dentist is from Greece. Our green-grocer is from Italy.
And the list goes on.

My own family is a mix. From Russian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian,
British, Scottish, Swedish, German - and still not finished.

When I was in hospital and later in Rehab - I was treated
and cared for by people of various backgrounds from -
Maltese, Indian, Thai, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, to
name just a few.

We also should acknowledge the fact that it wasn't just
Europeans who settled in this country. Let's not forget
the Afghans (cameleers), South Sea Islanders, Japanese,
and of course the Chinese on the Gold Fields.

Also there were different mixes amongst the convicts as
well. English jails did not discriminate.

Australia is a mosaic.

Dear Foxy,

Thank you for sharing your lovely experiences and observations,
even though I wonder what have they to do with your question.

Australia carries a large variety of people and other animals, that is very nice:
All these people and animals depend on Australia, but Australia does not depend on them, nor on how they relate with each other.