Senator Ralph Babet, United Australia Party, is a critic of multiculturalism, and a son of migrants, so he is in a strong position to counter the Leftist smear of "racist." In an article at Spectator.com.au, he put the standard conservative critique of multiculturalism, that it undermines social cohesion and creates enclaves and parallel societies. In comments below he applies this to the present social chaos in the UK. It is all common sense stuff,and if common sense was followed instead of glob commo ideology there would not be the present migration mess. But here the West is.
Senator Babet:
We must learn from events in the UK
"As you know, the United Kingdom is right now on fire. Riots are breaking out all over the country and it brings me no joy at all to say that many of us predicted this exact situation.
When leaders like Keir Starmer are more intent on representing globalist special interests than those of their own nation, disaster is inevitable. The political elite - who prefer sucking the teat of their wealthy overlords in Davos than representing the people who elected them – are gorging themselves on unchecked mass migration.
They have recklessly imported huge numbers of people from cultures completely unaligned from their own, while handing out all sorts of welfare benefits and expecting nothing in return.
This failed multicultural policy has done nothing but create parallel societies where people live in the UK but are not part of the UK. They enjoy all the benefits without sharing any of the values, duties, cares or responsibilities for their host nation. Over many decades this disastrous policy has created increasing unrest as these parallel societies drift further and further apart.
The riots we are now seeing were entirely predictable. To be clear, I am not against immigration. I came to Australia with my parents as an immigrant. But, to strengthen a nation, immigration must be sustainable and targeted at nations where the people arriving on our shores come with similar, if not the same, values. And the people who arrive here should arrive with a desire to integrate into our way of life. Indeed, there should be an expectation that they do. It is not racist to insist on this. It is common sense.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is not short of common sense – he knows exactly what he is doing by ignoring wisdom and persisting with this maddening policy of mass, unfettered immigration. Starmer is one of those western leaders - far too prevalent these days - who subscribes to a globalist vision requiring the destruction of the nation state through mass immigration.
He told a journalist, when asked if he would rather be in Davos than in the Parliament at home, that he would rather be in Davos because he could "get more done". Get what done? Your responsibility is to your people, not to the globalists in Davos. When western leaders complain that democracy is cumbersome and an impediment to their dreams, we should be very, very concerned.
The wet dream of globalists like Starmer is to destroy the nation state so that nothing stands between them and unfettered power. You cannot rule the world when people have local allegiances.
Citizens have a habit of fighting for nations they like. So, if you are to rule the globe, you must first destroy everything citizens might want to fight for – their culture, their religion, their history, their customs, their architecture. If you make a man's country unrecognisable, he will no longer feel any need to sacrifice for it and will no longer fight for it. Then it is yours. That is their plan. And only when they achieve that can they introduce their global currency, global religion and global government.
Mass immigration is a tool of destruction being used by globalists to gain power. Sadly, our own Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is no different to other globalist wannabes. He is the divider in chief.
To be honest, I'm not even sure he realises what he is doing or what he is part of. Albanese has never been a leader. In my opinion he likely does the bidding of those in the shadows who direct his steps and then reward him with the promise of more time in the Lodge.
Globalists destroy our nation for power using people like Albanese who enjoys the strokes to his ego. Meanwhile, you and I lose everything we love. You don't have to be Nostradamus to watch what is happening in the UK and predict that the same trouble is inevitable here. I could nominate entire suburbs in Sydney or in Melbourne where you can walk down the street and well imagine you are in a foreign country.
Parallel societies that are tinderboxes waiting to explode. It is not racist to call out what his happening and to demand a change of course. If you love your nation, as I do, it is your solemn duty."
https://www.spectator.com.au/2024/06/multiracial-yes-multicultural-no/
"Multiculturalism doesn't work. It is a failed experiment that has served only to dilute what is great about Western culture and fracture social cohesion.
To say this is not to attack migrants. I myself am a migrant.
But my family didn't immigrate to Australia in order to reproduce a foreign culture, as multiculturalism encourages migrants to do.
My parents came to Australia because the culture was already closely aligned with that of my country of birth, and we recognised that the uniqueness of these shared cultures would provide us with freedoms and opportunities not afforded elsewhere.
I have no hesitation asserting that Australian culture is superior to most others. If I didn't believe it, I wouldn't live here. But sadly, not all migrants share that view.
And worse, multiculturalism encourages their disdain of the nation that welcomes them.
The West made a grave mistake when it embraced moral relativism which then, as a natural consequence, led to cultural relativism.
By rejecting objective truth, we lost any basis for observing that some cultures were preferable to others.
And so, rather than taking pride in our culture, we assured migrants they could live in Australia without ever adopting our culture. Such thinking was regarded as enlightened and progressive. In truth, it has been a disaster; a grave mistake, that destroyed social cohesion and fractured our nation.
Rather than a multi-racial society sharing a wonderful culture of freedom and prosperity, we have become a multi-cultural society that cannot even agree on a flag, let alone on core values.
Whereas previously we had migrants coming to Australia who shared our values and broadly believed the same things, we now have migrants arriving on our shores who not only do not share our values, but who in some cases actively oppose our values.
All of this can be traced back to the Whitlam Labor government which adopted multiculturalism as official policy – admitting people from cultures at odds with ours, and promising they would be free to persist with their counterculture once they got here.
The eventual result – as is obvious by now – is that enclaves began to form.
And worse, certain groups became contemptuous of Australian culture and values while demanding respect for their own.
Progressives will, no doubt, read these words and label me xenophobic. But I'm not saying anything that people with eyes to see cannot already see.
See what is happening all around in Australia, in our suburbs, and in our cities. And not just here. See what is happening across Europe.
All cultures are not the same. Western culture has been uniquely prosperous, and it is not by accident.
The truth progressives cannot admit is that the West has been built on a Judaeo-Christian foundation.
The sooner we insist those coming to Australia are aligned with our values and embracing of our culture, the sooner we will have social harmony and forward momentum.
The prophet Amos once asked, 'How can two walk together unless they are agreed?'
It was obviously a rhetorical question. They can't.
Right now, Australia is a nation pulling in many directions. If this continues, we will soon be torn apart.
The sooner we admit the folly of multiculturalism and unapologetically insist those joining us align with our values – the sooner our country will get back to being the lucky country that made it so appealing to so many in the first place.
John Howard said last year that multiculturalism invariably resulted in tribalism and trouble.
Former UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman – echoing Howard, called multiculturalism 'a misguided dogma' that had proven 'toxic' for social cohesion.
Multiculturalism makes no demands of migrants, but instead allows them to live parallel lives so that they are in a society, but not part of it.
But, of course, this has been deliberate.
Far-left Marxist ideologues have infected our institutions and our great halls of power with their mission to destroy our nation.
These people – with their hatred disguised as tolerance and their evil intentions masquerading as 'social justice' – loathe Western Civilisation, loathe our traditions, loathe our history, and loathe our Judaeo-Christian foundations.
The Left is intent on undermining family, nation, and culture. And multiculturalism has been one of their preferred – and most effective – weapons.
If we really care about our country – and the migrants who find refuge here – we will do all we can to preserve the unique Australian culture that made this country so attractive to them in the first place.
We need to regain our cultural confidence and boldly assert once again that Australia is a great place to live – not just because of the sun and the surf – but because of the Judaeo-Christian values we share. We must do everything we can to protect and embolden these values.
And if you are fortunate enough to come and live here, then you are responsible to embrace and promote these values with us.
If you can't do that, then Australia is not the place for you."