Dear Banjo,

The link I cited is a
Research Publication
prepared by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library's
Research Branch - Social Policy Section. Its author
was a Researcher who worked for that Department.

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The publications provide an in-depth evaluation of an issue
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From Foxy's link "Multiculturalism was a policy introduced in Australia to deal with the settlement needs of migrant communities and was conceived as a means of recognising the preservation of cultural identities"

Now why did the government need a "policy" to preserve immigrants' cultural identities?
Surely that would be their own concern.

If they want to live the way they always have, they can, within the law.

We are a socially *liberal* society.
You can live any way you want, within the law.

If you don't like the laws, we are a democracy, so you can vote to change them.

There is absolutely no need for an official "policy" supporting anyone's "identity" or lifestyle.

Dear Shocker,

Perhaps you need to read the Conclusion in its
entirety of this Research Paper - and not just the
first sentence. It is self explanatary.
And explains why in Australia we have less problems
than other countries - thanks to our government policies.

Runner, ive been away for a while. Just wondering how you managed to once again link this thread, like you do to many threads, to abortion.

Runner, ive been away for a while. Just wondering how you managed to once again link this thread, like you do to many threads, to abortion.

Rechtub

the same way that the lefties ( and others) on this site link every evil to religion and every form of righteousness to the absence of religion.

you wrote
' if any form of religion contains violence then that religion, along with it's followers should be banned from entering our peace loving nation'

any one who can think can see that killing the unborn is among the vilest forms violence. It is usually performed by the godless.

Dear runner,

Then, we have people who are motivated, like the
Christian murderers of abortion doctors, by what they
perceive to be righteousness, faithfully pursuing what
their religion tells them. They are not psychotic; they
are religious idealists who, by their own lights, are
rational. They perceive their acts to be good, not because
of some warped personal idiosyncrasy, and not because they
have been possessed by Satan, but because they have been
brought up from the cradle, to have total and unquestioning
faith.