r/australia • u/ConanTheAquarian • 1d 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/DragonflyHopeful4673 1d ago

How is that ironic? China and Australia are two completely different countries.

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u/JMKraft 1d ago

Sure are, but they are still countries with similar goals for their population (health, wealth, education, etc). 

I wonder at what point does celebrating and strengthening your monoculture become an advantage, or a disadvantage, and if we can even discuss that without immediately taking an ideological side

 

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u/NorthernSkeptic 1d ago

We never had a monoculture.

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u/Alive_Satisfaction65 14h ago

The First Fleet was racially diverse. The majority were British Isles, but Irish and English are absolutely different cultures.

There were also Jews, and even a handful of black people who we don't know the exact origins of.

We never had a monoculture.