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I'm not sure that talking-point is a winner...
(aussie.zone)
I had to look up the speech to check if this was an accurate representation or whether that ellipsis was doing a lot of work, and while it's not verbatim, it's very much close enough:
In the 2021 census, more than half of Australian residents, 51.5% were born overseas or had one parent born overseas.
51.5%.
Is that what supported by the Australian electorate? Is that what Australia wants?
Link to speech at 8m29s: https://youtu.be/mMHm9EzrobY?t=509
Agree. And you would think it should be a declining base, because boomers old and dying out.
I'm more than a little scared there might be some younger generations that have drank some kool aid from online. And it may include migrants. It seems crazy to me, but I have seen theories floating around that say once migrants have got citizenship/permanent residence in a country, they become anti-immigration.
Yep I knew a while old guy not born in Australia, and living here for 40 years or something, saying to me that they should stop immigration.
This was on my first month living here and he knew it. But well I'm white and he said I was ok to be here, implying it's only certain places that are supposed to not migrate.
Not just a theory. There are multiple studies in multiple countries confirming it. It's an odd quirk of humanity. Everyone thinks they are the exception. It became pretty clear during covid.