Tag: George Brandis

Some Reasons Why Multiculturalism is a Failure

What country is Brandis describing?

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/what_country_is_brandis_describing

Liberal frontbencher George Brandis in the Sydney Morning Herald:
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/politicans-must-defend-the-multicultural-project-20110222-1b400.htm

When I was growing up in Sydney in the 1960s, Petersham was a popular place of settlement for immigrant families – “New Australians”, as they were often called.

Our next-door neighbours were Chinese, next to them was a Greek family, there was an Italian family directly across the street. At my local convent school, St Thomas’s in Lewisham, almost half of the kids were from non-English speaking backgrounds.…

With each new wave of settlement there has been, from some among the established population, suspicion