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We’ve heard a lot (probably too much) recently about so-called Australian values. But what about un-Australian values?
Yesterday a sports official suggested in Crikey that the car company Holden, by flying a heavily-branded blimp over the MCG on Grand Final Day, was acting in an un-Australian way because its rival Toyota was chief sponsor of the event. But that un-Australianess is nothing compared to the real thing:
- The new IR laws are “divisive, extreme, unfair and un-Australian” - Kim Beazley.
- Criticising the federal government over its detention of asylum seekers shows an “un-Australian lack of concern for sovereignty and security” - John Howard.
- Sleep deprivation is dangerous and un-Australian - Greens Leader Bob Brown.
- Not eating lamb is un-Australian - Sam Kekovich in a Meat and Livestock Australia ad.
- Killing people who refer to you by nickname is un-Australian - blogger James Bone.
- Suggesting there’s an anti-intellectual climate in Australia is un-Australian - actor/cultural commentator Jeremy Sims.
- The concept of spectators at the Brisbane Gabba “dobbing in a yobbo” by using their mobile phones to alert authorities to any unruly crowd members may be regarded as un-Australian - Queensland Cricket chief executive Graham Dixon.
- John Howard’s “new nationalism” reflects an Australia which is, at its heart, un-Australian - Christopher Bantick.
- It’s un-Australian to prevent southerners from migrating to Queensland -Bernard Salt.
- The Sydney race riots were un-Australian - The Forum on Australia’s Islamic Relations (FAIR).
- Not to be interested in the AFL Grand Final is un-Australian - HG Nelson.
Now there’s a set of values for migrants to sign up for.
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