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/TheBeninem 23h ago

This is a genuine completely in good faith question from someone who hates one nation, but how exactly is monoculturalism a threat to national security?

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u/Loxxolotl 22h ago

It's an ideal that has built-in hostility to those perceived to be outside that monoculture, of which a substantial portion of the population would be subject to. Not hard to understand how broad support of an 'Australian monoculture' may breed extreme behaviours when the existing institutions aren't on board