great that Pauline has forced this debate out in the open. The snivelling God and West hating elite have managed to control the narrative by keeping people to frightened to speak the truth for far to long. We certainly don't want the culture of the paki rape gangs, isis brides or machette gangs in this country. The filthy elite like the ones that gaoled Pell on false charges while allowing Saville to molest girls for decades have been exposed for the treacherous grubs they are. People can see that god hating elites like Dawkins, Gates and Hitchens all loved to visit Epstein along with Rudd and some of Keatings family. Strange how those pushing so called ' multiculturism live in suburbs a long way from the crime it has brought.

I bet a penny to a pound that some of the Leftists pushing for multiculturalism are the same sort who, in academia, enforce an idealogical and political monoculture.

Hi Paul

I wish it were true that all people share the values I listed, but I don’t think it is. Even in these forums some regular contributors express racist and sexist views and disdain for democracy. Most countries are not democracies, and most people do not live in democratic states operated under principles such as the rule of law. Likewise with gender equality. Few countries have full legal equality in principle, let alone in practice.

This is not a reason to ban migrants from certain parts of the world, as some have suggested. Many migrants are here precisely because they support Australian values and freedoms that they don’t experience in their home countries.

I completely agree that values matter more than food, dress, language etc (although I do think migrants should be able to speak English). And I think Australia has benefitted enormously - socially, culturally and materially – from having a relatively high level of migration of people from diverse backgrounds. To that extent I am cheerfully and fervently pro-multicultural.

But … I think that we need to reset our migration policies so they continue to operate in the best interests of the existing population.

This has four dimensions.

First, the number of migrants we have accepted in recent years has been more than we can comfortably absorb, and has contributed to issues such as declining housing affordability. We need to set and enforce sustainable targets for migration.

Second, the composition of the migrant intake has shifted from an emphasis on permanent skilled migration towards long-term temporary migrants such as students. We need to select more carefully migrants most likely to make a long-term net contribution to our society.

Third, we need to screen out people whose views are not compatible with Australia’s liberal democratic values, especially those that might be a threat to other residents.

And fourth, we need to put more effort into integrating migrants and their children into the community, for example insisting that they learn English, and monitoring for radicalisation and hate speech.

Pauline Hanson on multiculturalism is more in line with the founder of the Liberal Party than the Liberals themselves are.

Sir Robert Menzies was comfortable with multiracialism, but not multiculturalism.

Since Malcolm Fraser adopted multiculturalism and all its dangers, the Liberal Party has not had the guts to put a stop to it.

Menzies gave Australians the choice between Socialism, “with its subordination of the individual to the universal officialdom of government” and classic Liberalism where “ governments are the servants of the people.

We pretty much enjoyed the latter until John Howard lost the plot, and his own seat, and the Liberals have been Labor-lite ever since.

Sir Robert's last vote before he died was for the Democrats, so disgusted was he with the party he established. He would probably vote for One Nation if he was still with us.

The way things are being managed lately, I would actually support the adoption of some Shariah to straighten things out. But I'm against the Monoculture of it because it doesn't work just as Democracy doesn't work. As someone asked recently "Show me where Multiculturalism is successful ? Even countries that have had several cultural groups mayhem reigns as the order of the day. Now representatives of all these opposing groups have been resettled in Australia & what do they do here ? One guess only ! If I had my way I'd have a National Service & make these young idealists spend time in the enclaves scattered around Sydney & Melbourne & Alice Springs. Multiracial is here to stay & the sooner there's no more pure blood groups the better people will get along eventually but Multiculture ? Not for generations yet ! So much time & effort wasted on unsolvable issues just to appease some cranks ? Stupid !

The closest thing to monoculture were the Australian inhabitants in 1788. With the arrival of the First Fleet Australia became a multicultural society, yet Magoo thinks it such a calamity that he tried to create apartheid Australia.

Contrary to the belief of some here, the Brits weren't a monoculture, but a vibrant civilisation which had evolved with a multitude of cultural interactions. Some of the interactions were horrible, but the resulting civilisation was better.

The difference of our times as I see it is how the political leaders perceive multiculturalism. Leaders like Magoo and Starmer see multiculturalism as a basket of Lego to be scattered on the ground, whereas the historical precedent would suggest that advanced civilisations, often mistaken for monocultures, were built from the pieces.

What Magoo really stands for is multi mono-culturalism, and Hanson is right in calling it a failure.