The Turnbull government’s ‘Post-multiculturalism’ multicultural policy

Levey, Geoffrey Brahm

doi:10.1080/10361146.2019.1634675

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“…The four principles of the 2003 policy paper were as follows: "responsibilities of all, respect of each person, fairness for each person and benefits for all" (Commonwealth of Australia 2003, p. 6), while the 2017 paper contextualized the policy in the backdrop of rampant terrorist attacks worldwide, maintaining that "we best reinforce the safety of the Australian community by focusing on what unites us and addressing our differences through mutual respect" (Commonwealth of Australia, 2017, p. 11). This rhetorical scheme of appealing to the sense of insecurity and referring to the undifferentiated bloc of "All Australians" or the "abstract individual" served both to strengthen the notion of the "imagined community" in the public sphere and to deny the legitimacy of group rights by confining the discussion in the private sphere (Levey, 2019). With the core culture placed at the apex, the symbolic transformation of national order profoundly impacted upon other policy areas, as reflected in the revised discourses of social justice and productive diversity.…”

Section: On National Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Critique of the Discursive Turn of Australian Multicultural Policy in the Globalisation Era

Shen

2024

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This article examines the changing discourses of Australian multicultural policy from the late 1990s until now and discusses their ideological significance under the twin-frames of globalization and Australian political culture. By systematically analyzing the series of policy papers launched by successive governments, it becomes clear that the multicultural policy has completed a discursive turn, deviating from its progressive trajectory of cultural diversity and substantive equality to suit the neo-conservative agenda of national unity and economic productivity. While the strengthened national identity based on the civic model corresponds with the surging tide of social conservatism, the shrinking government funding in this policy area and the utilitarian perception of cultural diversity are tied up with market-oriented reforms, indicating the government's shifting interests from minimizing the existing cultural barriers to maximizing cultural dividends through diversity management strategies.

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Section: On National Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%