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Australia is losing the immigration debate to political correctness
The silence of leaders like Anthony Albanese leaves extremists to frame an issue that should reflect Australia’s success story but is instead becoming a political hot potato.
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A demonstrator sporting a "Make Australia great again" cap at the March For Australia anti-immigration rally in Sydney on Aug 31.
PHOTO: REUTERS
In the aftermath of a series of anti-immigration marches across Australia on Aug 31 that featured prominent contingents of neo-Nazis, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was asked by a radio interviewer whether he thought there were any “good people” at the rallies.
“Of course,” he replied, “I have no doubt that there would have been good people who went along”.
