Multiculturism sounded good when Malcolm Fraser said it and early in
the piece it seemed to be OK, but it started to deteriorate as more
that were somewhat incompatible arrived on the scene.

I think if you look at the home countries you can see how the level of
failure in countries is reflected in how those same people fare here
over a range and at the extreme end of those ranges necessitate their
own police crime squad.

As far as getting them out, any moslem who swore an oath of allegiance
on the Koran could be deported as the Koran allows moslems to lie to infidels.
Therefore the oath is qualified and invalid

Personally as an ex-pat American and now an ex-pat New Zealander I've never had a problem living in mixed race societies, though I have been aware that some cultural differences will create problems and misunderstandings.

New Zealand's multicultural society has some serious problems directly associated with the different cultural values and lifestyles. The problems have been exasperated by a substantial influx of Somali refugees who do not get along with the Pacific Islanders; and a huge wave of wealthy Chinese immigrants has driven up property values, changed the base of ownership of the Auckland CBD, introduced a Chinese gangland underworld, and doubled the memberships of every golf club. Indians from Fiji own most of the corner dairies, 2 dollar shops and a big percentage of taxi licenses. The indigenous Maori now make up only 10% of the population yet still enjoy certain privileges not available to others.

New Zealand is very open to interracial marriage. This could be one reason NZ was willing to accept same sex marriage more easily than Australia. If you see the kids coming out of a school its easy to predict that everyone in NZ will eventually have some shade of a natural tan in the not too distant future.

Several years ago I was fortunate to be given a project management assignment in Japan and to live with a Japanese family while I was there. Japan really opened my eyes to how well a society can harmonise when it is not 'polluted' or watered down with a large mix of different ethnicities. Being among the Japanese there is a mindset or an 'us-ness' that puts most on the same wavelength. It appeared to me they were far more polite and tolerant of simple mistakes than most of us Westerners. For instance slow drivers, or a driver stopped while looking for an address; old folks slowly crossing the street; and sharing a very crowded standing room only train, are all taken in stride without any anger or hostility. Road rage doesn't exist.

Multiculturalism started in Australia at Sydney Cove in 1788, since then its's got worse.

Conservative Hippie,

Japan is one of the most racist societies on Earth.

I'm not sure that I agree with the title of this
discussion - "Why do people fear celebrating
multiculturalism?"

I'm not sure that most people fear it at all.
It's something that's simply a way of life to most
of us - especially since a very high percentage of
Australians were born in another country or have a
parent born outside Australia.

However, the current problem I suppose has arisen
because of the perceived threat of "boat people"
making headlines regularly.

Even though "boat people,"
who have been granted refugee status form only a very
small percentage - 2.5 per
cent of our intake.

Which is hardly a ripple in
our overall intake. Yet some think it is a
big issue (because the government has made it a big issue),
and the media plays along. Then there's also the fear of
Muslims and their implementation of sharia law.

Again, it is only 1.4 per cent of all immigrants who
are Muslim boat people from countries that follow
strict sharia law.
It should be noted that these people are fleeing those
sharia law countries. When discussing these people the mistake
that's often made is lumping them all together and
treating them as one homogenous species.

Nothing is further from the truth. Australian immigrants have
always varied a great deal in their ethnic backgrounds,
linguistics, educational levels, and their current social and
educational needs.

Some people forget that people have settled in Australia for a variety of reasons, economic, change of lifestyle, refugees, adventure, family reunions, and so on. And settling into a
new country has not always been easy for either the new arrivals
or the locals.

It is time that all of us accept that migrants to this country
do need and deserve our understanding and help to find their
footing in a new land. Talking about "real" Aussies is so
yesterday and has no place in contemporary Australia.

"Talking about "real" Aussies is so yesterday and has no place in contemporary Australia"

If that is true Foxy, it really is too late to salvage any of the great Australian values, & the place is probably not worth saving.

If I could claim asylum in the EU and get the same benefits as an African or Middle Eastern immigrant, the free house, free medical care, free schooling for my kids etc I'd leave tomorrow.
If we're really a nothing more than nation of immigrants than we should all have automatic right of return to our ancestral societies but as it is no diaspora European, no matter how poor or persecuted can claim asylum in the EU. For example the Boer people of South Africa are on genocide watch and tens of thousands are homeless and living in squatter camps yet the EU won't allow them to seek asylum.
If the bourgeois posters really fear living in a "monoculture" (even though there's no such thing) then they ought to be lobby the EU to take us back at the same time as they fill up our cities with the sub human trash of Asia, so for the yearly intake of refugees 13,000 whites should be repatriated with full social benefits in the EU.
The reality is that vast areas of Europe are underpopulated, particularly in the east and could use an injection of hardworking migrants, as we know immigration always makes things better right?.