For those that continue to ask:

"Do you believe Australia should become
a multi-racial society or a multicultural society?"
I'll again quote from Robert Russell who wrote that:

"We have always been a mixture of different
influences from Indigenous to Irish to Chinese
and so on. We are us. So
multiculturalism simply reflects our society."

In other words a society of tremendous diversity.

The reality is -
In some schools we have 90 per cent of students
speaking a language other than English. We have people
in their own homes who speak different languages and
practice different cultures.

Yet, Australia is a happier land than most others.

Russell tells us that -

"We have moved on and created something different.
Different can be better, especially if done well."

"Multiculturalism is more than immigration alone and
more than simply immigration from many countries.
It's a principled acceptance and encouragement of
incoming cultures, allowing for an increasing
diversity of ongoing cultural influences to remain
within a population group."

"Successful waves of incoming migrations have improved
levels of acceptance and integration with decreasing
emphasis on forced "assimilation" of a supposed
ruling class mono-culture. What we see today as stated
earlier is a modern Australia with all its flaws - yes,
but a much different place from the "British ethnic
clone" it once pretended to be."

"The benefits of multiculturalism for Australia is a
recognition of a wider history, as well as a broader
range of skills and abilities, opening up opportunities, a
calming, moderating influence on the wider Aussie population.
Less fear of "us" and "them" less pressure on new citizens
to "act like us". They can act like themselves if they want."

Foxy, Have you listened to what I posted on what is happening in London on multiculturalism. Learn what is happening in Melbourne to silence free speech if you publicly criticize Islam; like Danny Nalliah, Milo and Lauren Southern. It is expensive, but we must be able to critique Islam.

Toni,
Listen to this Lakemba Imam.
http://www.facebook.com/theimamofpeace/videos/290368501693594/?t=13

Dear Josephus,

We are all entitled to criticise the actions of wrong
doers, fundamentalists and extremists and people who
break the laws should pay the full price for their
actions.

However criticising someone's religion
I would hesitate in doing. Simply because I would not
know enough about it. I don't know all that much about
my own religion let alone presume to know enough about
what other people believe and how they follow their religion.

Not everyone of any one faith follows and believes in the
same way. There are individual differences. They don't all
form one homogeneous group. There are cultural, and
linguistic differences after all. And tarring all people
with the one brush - is very narrow=-minded and limiting.

Yes, of course there are people who behave badly - but they
come from all sorts of beliefs, not just from Islam as you
seem to think.

Foxy, you prefer to be blind to reality with ignorant excuses. Be informed of your enemy.

Hi Foxy,

Spot on with the assessment of Robert Russell's, the title of this thread should read 'The benefits of monocultural over multicultural'. For some, they feel threatened by those cultures that are not in keeping with their own perceived values and traditions. Competition for jobs and housing etc drives many to become resentful of newcomers. That's nothing new in Australia, its been evident since the beginning of European colonization in 1788.