Okay, Philip S, I suppose most of those males won't have kids that will increasingly identify with our culture and embrace it like Akram and his family....everything will stay static and - with the help of attitudes like yours - never the twain shall meet.

That's about where your mindset is.

Poirot,
<<Okay, Philip S, I suppose most of those males won't have kids that will increasingly identify with our culture and embrace …>>

Yes—No—Yes.

Yes. They are likely to have children -- lots and lots and lots of them, funded by various welfare screams.

No. Those children are not likely to identify with what you call “our culture” –except on a superficial level. Having likely attended one of the growing number of Islamic schools, and watched the increasingly accessible Islamic satellite channels and, religiously attended one their local mosques where they've listened to overseas trained Imams. They are more likely to identify with *their brethren* overseas than Ozzie Joe down the road.

Yes. The twain’s will meet. One day while you're strolling through your local shopping centre –perhaps taking your tomatoes to market –you’re likely to meet some of them. You will recognise them ‘casue they’ll be dress in typical Ozzie garb (or, at least the men –their women will wear head to toe hijab)They’ll talk to you in a broad Ozzie accent (at least the men will to you -- to their wives and children they will use Arabic).But the thing that will really distinguish them/set them apart will be the placards they are carrying: “Behead All Who Offend The Prophet”

And it will no doubt give you a warm tingly feeling. Because deep deep down in your psyche you'll know we owe it all to big hearted people like you--and multiculturalism!

I reckon Ita is a good choice, although there are others also deserving.

This is the measure of the woman,

<She outlined a set of new rules of courtesy she would like to see ageing Australians afforded, including "don't shout, they're not deaf necessarily, just frail."

Ms Buttrose also said elderly people were having decisions made for them without their consultation, people with dementia were stigmatised and that the frail shoud be respected.

Seemingly small things are big on her agenda, including the practice of herding the elderly into dining halls at 5.30pm "whether they want to or not" and the set menus of nursing homes which senior citizens are forced to "eat what's before them whether they want to or not.">

Smart, independent and isn't afriad to go against the herd too. Which is what suseonline is probably picking up on, but did not mention,

<Ms Buttrose said eighteen months ago that Ms Gillard should show leadership and break her ties with the Greens and independents and call an election.

Yesterday, she said she had commended the PM on how well she was looking at a function at The Lodge and she said at the time of her comments all of Australia had been exasperated with the state of political affairs

She also set an agenda as a traditional Australian of the year - she wants the flag to stay as it is and believes Australia will be a constitutional monarchy while the Queen is alive>
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/australian-of-the-year-finalists-meet-pm-for-tea/story-e6frg6n6-1226562196103

The tiresome Lisa Wilkinson tried to convert it into a gender prize. But Ita, the deserving Australian of the Year, consistently rises above all of that. She is a worthy model for people of all ages but particularly youth and not just for middle class womyn careerists as Lisa Wilkinson would have it.

Dear SPQR,

You really are the same old sausage,
fizzing and sputtering in your own grease.

Ita Buttrose to me represents "pluck
and progressive thinking, the hardiness
and vision of Australia." (as Geoffrey
Rush stated in his speech as Ozzie of
the Year in 2012).

She does a great deal for older Australians
(amongst other things), which is a subject
close to my heart having had an elderly mother-in-law
with alzheimers -
who passed away in October last year, and a mother
with dementia. Ita said that she would further the
fight on dementia and continue to shine a spotlight on
the importance of medical research. She gets my vote.

She does a great deal for older Australians
Lexi,
Really ? Has she entered federal Politics ? Because that's the only way she can do something for them !