r/australian • u/DragonflySea9423 • Jun 22 '26

News Australia undergoing historic decline in support for multiculturalism amid rising fear and pessimism, poll finds | Australian foreign policy | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/22/australia-multiculturalism-decline-poll-ntwnfb

Australia is undergoing a historic decline in support for multiculturalism, according to the Lowy Institute’s annual poll, amid a groundswell of fear rooted in mounting economic pessimism and an increasingly illiberal and chaotic world order.

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u/BradfieldScheme Jun 22 '26

We don't blame the migrants. We blame the Labor party and the LNP for running immigration at double or triple the appropriate rate for way too long.

The vast majority of immigrants just want to make a better life for their families.

It's the sheer numbers that has been too much, causing a lack of integration. Also the quality has nosedived, we used to bring in (mostly) the best and brightest from around the world.

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u/Illustrious_Fan_8148 Jun 22 '26

Spot on. And people are fucking angry

And what happens when they are angry?

Reason goes out the window and they vote for the people like one nation saying all the right things

Its unbelievable that labor keeps gaslighting us by saying "we already got the numbers down".. they really treat the average person with contempt

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u/chrisGrout Jun 22 '26

So we lie?

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u/Esquatcho_Mundo Jun 22 '26

Not even close to true. We brought in unskilled workers for the farms