THE warring Aboriginal and Pacific Islander families of Douglas Street, Woodridge, have again demonstrated the failure of the nation’s insane multicultural policy.
Instead of identifying as Australian, the combatants are resorting to the symbols of their race.
In the case of the Aboriginals, the flag Cathy Freeman made momentarily famous, is being given a thorough workout.
The Islanders say they are being discriminated against as foreigners in the education system, among other gripes.
The violence, fortunately, is local and, by international standards, minimal.
One Aboriginal family, the Briggs, has already said it will move from the state housing dominated area.
State Labor MP Desley Scott has blamed cuts to welfare for the problem – as a Labor MP would.
It was unhelpful of federal LNP MP Andrew Laming, to tweet on Monday: “Mobs tearing up Logan. Did any of them do a day’s work today, or was it business as usual and welfare on tap?”
The Opposition’s spokesman on indigenous health later tweeted: “To clarify: Working together to resolve these riots the priority. Training and a chance for jobs are key.”
But the genesis of the bitter feelings in the Logan community lies beyond the orbit of welfare – around Australia groups which have been encouraged to hang onto the national identities of their former homelands are finding it harder to blend into the mainstream.
The melting pot isn’t a Mixmaster.
Under multiculturalism, some groups have formed ghettos within Australian cities.
Despite the millions thrown at SBS, many of these more recent arrivals can’t speak English and make no attempt to learn the language.
Instead, the government just spends more money providing translations of important documents and translators to assist them retain the languages of their former home nations.
The success of the migration program of the post-WWII period which saw Australia absorb millions of displaced people (as refugees were once called) is being overshadowed by the dysfunctionalism of multiculturalism.
As Australia Day approaches, with its reminder of the racial disharmony promoted from within the Prime Minister’s office last year, the ugly reality of this failed policy is yet again on display.
