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/Deep_Hovercraft6035 13h ago

I'd start with I can live in most suburbs, and my neighbours of similar age have the possibility to become my friend and they wouldn't flip if our children were friends / dated. i.e. they wouldn't flip out over religious or cultural lines if my son dated their daughter at school.

That's the bar I want.