Bye Bye more liberal votes, Liberals are worse than Labor now Turnbull is dangerously out of touch, this from the man that dines with hate preachers!
Malcolm Turnbull warns Hanson, Christensen demonising all Muslims is 'counter-productive'
Mr Turnbull said it was in the national interest to say "we are the most successful multi-cultural society in the world, Australian Muslims are part of that successful multicultural society".
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned One Nation and his own outspoken backbencher George Christensen that demonising all Muslims is playing into the hands of extremist groups.
He said many immigrants in recent years did not share what he called "Australian values".
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"There are other countries that they would find less offensive, countries where they could enjoy a similar level of oppression and violence to which they are accustomed, which they obviously want.
"It is not necessary to travel halfway around the world to come to Australia and demand that Australians change their culture, their society and their laws to match those of their former homeland."
Mr Turnbull told 3AW he understood Mr Christensen's comments to be directed at extremists.
"He was talking about, as I heard it, Islamist terrorist ideology, and that is absolutely the focus of so much of our counterterrorism work," he said.
Mr Turnbull said it was in the national interest to say "we are the most successful multi-cultural society in the world, Australian Muslims are part of that successful multicultural society".
