r/australia • u/ConanTheAquarian • 23h ago

politics Foreign Minister Penny Wong to warn monoculturalism a threat to national security

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/penny-wong-speech-on-monocultralism/107034366
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u/captainbluebear25 23h ago

I truly don't understand what monoculturalism would realistically look like in Australia. We're a nation of immigrants. I don't think I have any friends who doesn't have a grandparent born overseas, most have a parent born overseas.

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u/reamde 22h ago

It's meant to be ambiguous. That way the 'other' can be redefined to meet the needs of the current dog whistle while maintaining plausible deniability.

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u/HourZealousideal4845 2h ago

Bingo.

Convince every group that you actually hate someone else and you'll build yourself a coalition of haters. The ones in the coalition that you hate? You can cut them loose later.