Banjo,
Australia was multicultural from the beginning but the struggle has always been against Anglo Saxon Oligarchs who want sidestep or dispense with people like us and our rules of fair play and return to some version of the White supremacist slave states which existed in other colonies. What does Gina Rinehart mean when she says that she would like to see special economic zones created in the north of the continent and that she wants to fill them with low paid Asian workers?
More people need to read about what this historical struggle against the "Asian Invasion" has been about:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/70925605?searchTerm=afghan%20camel%20invasion&searchLimits=

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3570197?searchTerm=afghan%20camel%20invasion&searchLimits=

These articles are objective, they examine all the issues in a balanced way, they admit that the union's work practices, though fair for the White carriers were not popular with the pastoralists who were intent on getting cut price haulage from the Afghan monopoly on camel teams. One man ran all the Camel teams in Western Queensland, employed all the foreign labourers, provisioned fed, housed and watered his own men and beasts from his own supplies and bought nothing from local traders along the routes. The White bullock drivers on the other hand were mostly sole traders or small businessmen who had to pay tax and fees to the government, buy their own provisions, arrange their own lodgings and abide by the union rules which queued drivers and allocated loads.
"We" the White working people can live with other races in relative harmony as long as everyone plays by the rules, ie the "Fair go", the trouble starts when the Anglo Oligarchs try to skew the system in their favour by exploiting or showing favouritism to one group while marginalising another.

Dear Banjo,

There is such a thing as being penny wise and pound foolish. The government spends less on education by subsidising private schools. To have an adequate public school system and stop government support of private schools would cost more, but there would be a return on the investment. Public school students would be better equipped to go on to further education than they are now. This would result in more prosperity for Australia which would benefit most Australians. There would also be less divisiveness than there is now with class-based education.

The Grattan Institute's report, 'Catching Up', compares Australian schools performance with that of our Asian neighbours and a major OECD report, 'Equity and Quality in Education', is one of a series on the characteristics of high-performing systems in the developing world. The last report emphasises: "The evidence is conclusive: equity in education pays off." Both reports point out the need for changes in school policy and funding. Public education must be adequately financed, and it will not be as long as government goes for the cheap option.

david f,
I don't intend to have a debate with you or anyone about the issue. I don't have an opinion about it

It was debated extensively early 1960s and you can research all the arguments made then. I do not think you can come up with anything that was not considered, or argued, then. There would be heaps of news articles at the time. Volumes of Hansard, enough to keep you reading for months. I post this for your info only.

But I think you are flogging a dead horse. Just accept that this is the way it is in Aus. Good luck with finding even one polly to take the issue on.

Jay of Melbourne,
You still evade the issue, maybe deliberately.

Since the first fleet we have been multi-racial and all our laws and social standards are based on the Westminister system.

Multiculturalism was introduced was imposed on us by the Whitlam government and further implemented by the Fraser government. Millions have been spent promoting this flawed ideology. We all were supposed to live in perfect harmony, remember 'Unity in Diversity'?

Dispite the millions spent, some ethnic groups still hate others and the Lebs hate everyone else. We still retain the base foundations of this society that was built on.

Multiculturalism is a misnomer, we never have been and are not multicultural.

My god, talk about you lot playing the victim.

The one criteria that should apply to ALL IMMIGRANTS is assimilation.

JOM yes, I got it wrong.
It was Afghans who bought the camels in, along with our first explorers who bought the Afghans.
Sikhs did travel our out back with Camel's, as traders and tinkers.
I continue to be amused by the junk comment, about intergeneration in respect of these folk.
Some do not follow the religion any more, and few could tell them apart from any Aussie.
Rechtub, lets look at your posts and thread, why are you offended by these folk wanting to continue their faith?
Can you remember? in posts you made about the quite separate Muslim faith?
Did you not challenge their right to tell us what to do? I did.
What world shattering thing will we face? if they continue while being as Aussie as you, continue to believe in a different God.
Stone the Crows Bloke you are on thin ice here!
Are we all aware the courts under our laws said it was ok?