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?
Can we send these people back to the life they advocate for. Like a cave, in the mountains. Never having to meet more that 20 people. And scraping an "trad" lifestyle and praying to the sky god to keep the leopards away.
Can we send these people back to the life they advocate for. Like a cave, in the mountains. Never having to meet more that 20 people. And scraping an "trad" lifestyle and praying to the sky god to keep the leopards away.