The media's handling of racism and immigration is a familiar territory for the ABC's new chairman Ita Buttrose.
"There are problems with multiculturalism and it’s about time our politicians had the guts to mention some of them," wrote Ita Buttrose in 1988 when she was editor-in-chief of theIn the column, Buttrose talks about two-thirds of voters wanting a reduction in immigration levels, Australians fearing "Asianisation" and her hopes for a referendum on immigration.Dan Himbrechts
in a section about the future of Australia. The chapter containing these thoughts is missing from the 2012 edition of the book and the Kindle version. The later edition of the book contains new thoughts about Australian society.editor claims political correctness had made it hard to talk about immigration. The comments may cause discomfort among some observers in 2019 but were commonplace in 1980s Australia and would also reflect the views of other people now.
She also said that "other nations look at the way we get on with each other and marvel at how we’ve done it ... Australia is one of the best integrated multicultural societies in the world."
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