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Until the Libs can see this silent and diverse majority, they will struggle to win

George Megalogenis Columnist September 5, 2025 — 3.30pm

Two things are always true about Australia. Our foundation as a nation is uniquely racist. And we are the most diverse and socially cohesive of the English-speaking and European democracies that we compare ourselves to.

The evidence for the former is the White Australia Policy , the first significant legislative act of the federal parliament in the year of our birth as an independent nation, 1901. The case for the latter begins with the post-war migration program and was underlined most recently at the May federal election.

The mass rallies against immigration last Sunday pose obvious questions about soc

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