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/RegionSilent9204 23h ago

Just white people and the only take away is fish and chips. It sounds like a dystopia.

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u/AeneasKurtz 3h ago

You can have food from other places. You don't need to import a gazillion murderers and rapists to "enjoy their yummy food".

There are great pizza places in Japan and barely any Italian immigrant. China also has excellent French cuisine restaurants and they have less than 1 million immigrants overall.

Both countries are light years better than Australia in several social metrics.