After World War II, Australia was at the forefront of settling refugees traumatised and displaced by war. In the ’70s, as the Vietnam War ended, we took the refugees who arrived here by boat with little protest. In 1989, it was Chinese students after the massacre in Tiananmen Square. I worry that as Australia has grown richer in the decades since – thanks in large part to those who were once newcomers – we have also grown less generous.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:27:11 +0000
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