They said it would never come to this
They said they were peaceful
They said they would enrich our culture.

Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind...

This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had

BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18^th, 2014 at 9:16pm:

They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had

England, France & Holland & now Australia will be wrecked by Muslims.

I wish they'd never brought them here.

BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18^th, 2014 at 9:16pm:

They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had

If you feel fear you are pretty foolish, there is next to no chance you will be hurt. The vast majority of them are peaceful, if not then there would be constant bombings and attacks in Australia and there isn't. Get some perspective.

BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18^th, 2014 at 9:16pm:

They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had

The terrorists have defeated you already.

What a pathetic little coward you turned out to be.

Meanwhile, I continue to live my life the same as usual.

Cheers   ;)

You will get over it, just like you did the Asian Invasion, Muslims are in season atm, be somebody new for you to be prejudiced against in time.

greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 18^th, 2014 at 11:40pm:

The terrorists have defeated you already. What a pathetic little coward you turned out to be. Meanwhile, I continue to live my life the same as usual.

Yeah, why worry about something that might not happen. I mean, what am I going to do about it? :D

It could happen to a train I catch or the freeway I am driving on . . .

Cancer, heart attack, car accidents, divorce, adultery, robbery, redundancy, depression/mental illness, bankruptcy, nuclear attack, EMP attack, computer virus, superbug, these are all the things that could go wrong in your life. There is nothing you can do about it and yet, you continue living. Your life goes on.

Its time wrote on Sep 18^th, 2014 at 11:57pm:

You will get over it, just like you did the Asian Invasion, Muslims are in season atm, be somebody new for you to be prejudiced against in time.

Er... I haven't gotten over the Asian Invasion yet.
Oh... and you'll fund most Muslims are Asians, I fear.

So how is that Multiculturalism working out for you in Australia?

http://whitelawtowers.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/so-how-is-that-multiculturalism-working.html#.VBszRmAcSM8

greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 18^th, 2014 at 11:40pm:

BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 9:16pm: They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had The terrorists have defeated you already. What a pathetic little coward you turned out to be. Meanwhile, I continue to live my life the same as usual. Cheers   ;)

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Multiculturalism is a fine theory... like privatisation it is a failed reality.

aquascoot wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 6:17am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 11:40pm: BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 9:16pm: They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had The terrorists have defeated you already. What a pathetic little coward you turned out to be. Meanwhile, I continue to live my life the same as usual. Cheers   ;) I'm really hoping someone like pecker, Hansen young, Julian burnsiide or David marr gets beheaded and they put it on you tube, I'll be one of the first to hit the like button. If mussies would promise just to behead loons like pecker, I'd help them build a mosque in every suburb of australia ;) ;) ;)

Wow, that's pretty sick crap...

Yeah, the new title works so much better...

Damn those people we should just get rid of all of them...

Phemanderac wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 7:30am:

aquascoot wrote on Sep 19th, 2014 at 6:17am: greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 11:40pm: BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 9:16pm: They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had The terrorists have defeated you already. What a pathetic little coward you turned out to be. Meanwhile, I continue to live my life the same as usual. Cheers   ;) I'm really hoping someone like pecker, Hansen young, Julian burnsiide or David marr gets beheaded and they put it on you tube, I'll be one of the first to hit the like button. If mussies would promise just to behead loons like pecker, I'd help them build a mosque in every suburb of australia ;) ;) ;) Wow, that's pretty sick crap...

stop oppressing me please

wow, some people really need to get out of the house more often ... go  smell the flowers, take a walk, get yourself a root ... anything really


Soren wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 12:16am:

Er... I haven't gotten over the Asian Invasion yet

I always thought you were a little slow

aquascoot wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 7:33am:

Phemanderac wrote on Sep 19th, 2014 at 7:30am: aquascoot wrote on Sep 19th, 2014 at 6:17am: greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 11:40pm: BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 9:16pm: They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had The terrorists have defeated you already. What a pathetic little coward you turned out to be. Meanwhile, I continue to live my life the same as usual. Cheers   ;) I'm really hoping someone like pecker, Hansen young, Julian burnsiide or David marr gets beheaded and they put it on you tube, I'll be one of the first to hit the like button. If mussies would promise just to behead loons like pecker, I'd help them build a mosque in every suburb of australia ;) ;) ;) Wow, that's pretty sick crap... stop oppressing me please

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If my observation of your comment oppresses you son you truly need a cup of cement...

Phemanderac wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 7:30am:

aquascoot wrote on Sep 19th, 2014 at 6:17am: greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 11:40pm: BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 9:16pm: They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had The terrorists have defeated you already. What a pathetic little coward you turned out to be. Meanwhile, I continue to live my life the same as usual. Cheers   ;) I'm really hoping someone like pecker, Hansen young, Julian burnsiide or David marr gets beheaded and they put it on you tube, I'll be one of the first to hit the like button. If mussies would promise just to behead loons like pecker, I'd help them build a mosque in every suburb of australia ;) ;) ;) Wow, that's pretty sick crap...

Conservatives are unstable so shouldnt come as any surprise .

Its time wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 7:38am:

Phemanderac wrote on Sep 19th, 2014 at 7:30am: aquascoot wrote on Sep 19th, 2014 at 6:17am: greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 11:40pm: BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 9:16pm: They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had The terrorists have defeated you already. What a pathetic little coward you turned out to be. Meanwhile, I continue to live my life the same as usual. Cheers   ;) I'm really hoping someone like pecker, Hansen young, Julian burnsiide or David marr gets beheaded and they put it on you tube, I'll be one of the first to hit the like button. If mussies would promise just to behead loons like pecker, I'd help them build a mosque in every suburb of australia ;) ;) ;) Wow, that's pretty sick crap... Conservatives are unstable so shouldnt come as any surprise .

I disagree, some conservatives are smart, thoughtful, astute and caring people, they just tend to avoid forums...

http://xmasepic2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/growacet_1.jpg

Phemanderac wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 7:44am:

disagree, some conservatives are smart, thoughtful, astute and caring people,

the ones that live in other countries ?

Quote:

Historian Geoffrey Blainey, achieved mainstream recognition as a critic of multiculturalism when he wrote that multiculturalism threatened to transform Australia into a "cluster of tribes". In his 1984 book All for Australia, Blainey criticized multiculturalism for tending to emphasise the rights of ethnic minorities at the expense of the majority population and for being "anti-British", despite the British being the largest group to have migrated to Australia. According to Blainey, such policies created divisions and threatened national cohesion. He argued that "the evidence is clear that many multicultural societies have failed and that the human cost of the failure has been high" and warned that "we should think very carefully about the perils of converting Australia into a giant multicultural laboratory for the assumed benefit of the peoples of the world."[31] In one of his numerous criticisms of multiculturalism, Blainey wrote: For the millions of Australians who have no other nation to fall back upon, multiculturalism is almost an insult. It is divisive. It threatens social cohesion. It could, in the long-term, also endanger Australia's military security because it sets up enclaves which in a crisis could appeal to their own homelands for help. Blainey remained a persistent critic of multiculturalism into the 1990s, denouncing multiculturalism as "morally, intellectually and economically ... a sham." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiculturalism_in_Australia

Chickens are now heading home.

And what about professional idiot Jerzy Zubrzycki the Polish lunatic. Why was he allowed to conduct his experiment here in Australia? Why didn't he establish his stupid policy in Poland first so that he could point out his stupidity worked. He's now dead after leading a well-remunerated life thanks to the Australian tax payer. Australian's are now the ones who have to struggle along with this artificial society he helped to create.




Quote:

Prof. Jerzy B. Zubrzycki AO CBE (born 12 January 1920 in Kraków; died 20 May 2009[1] in Canberra) was a Polish-born Australian sociologist, widely regarded as the "Father of Australian Multiculturalism".[2] He was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Zubrzycki

Case rested.

Phemanderac wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 7:37am:

aquascoot wrote on Sep 19th, 2014 at 7:33am: Phemanderac wrote on Sep 19th, 2014 at 7:30am: aquascoot wrote on Sep 19th, 2014 at 6:17am: greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 11:40pm: BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 9:16pm: They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had The terrorists have defeated you already. What a pathetic little coward you turned out to be. Meanwhile, I continue to live my life the same as usual. Cheers   ;) I'm really hoping someone like pecker, Hansen young, Julian burnsiide or David marr gets beheaded and they put it on you tube, I'll be one of the first to hit the like button. If mussies would promise just to behead loons like pecker, I'd help them build a mosque in every suburb of australia ;) ;) ;) Wow, that's pretty sick crap... stop oppressing me please \ If my observation of your comment oppresses you son you truly need a cup of cement...

no I apologise for those comments. they were out of line. my daughter cant sleep after seeing those beheading images and it irks me that when our government tries to protect its citizens , people like peccer call us cowards.  still my comments were out of line and over emotional and I apologise.

People like greg calling concerned citizens cowards don't realise how this issue could easily escalate into something very very nasty .
the mood in suburbia if something did happen, I think it would be the Cronulla riots x 10.
I know of a teenager who tried to hang herself after night terrors over this stuff.
2 things need to happen.

the community need to be made safe and everyone needs to get behind our law enforcement authorities.
to say this is cowardly is beyond belief.

secondly, the muslim community need to be at the front line in hunting down every radical. if they don't, they don't have credibility. there should be muslins standing next to the authorities every time they announce something and they should be doing "noddies"
when abbott speaks on this issue he should be flanked by imans doing noddies saying "we agree with everything you are doing, Mr prime minister"

Just discussing that elsewhere - Muslims should be denouncing the radical idiots amongst them, not defending them and hiding them behind silly things like .. "He's not the terrorist!  He's just a naughty boy!"

aquascoot wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 8:14am:

secondly, the muslim community need to be at the front line in hunting down every radical. if they don't, they don't have credibility. there should be muslins standing next to the authorities every time they announce something and they should be doing "noddies" when abbott speaks on this issue he should be flanked by imans doing noddies saying "we agree with everything you are doing, Mr prime minister"

Nodding heads indeed.  If the Muslim community had of been as quick off the mark, showing similar energy and initiative in disowning the actions of their head lopping brothers every time a Muslim is proudly holding a head for selfies in the evening news as they were in organising against police actions they would go a long way to countering their negative PR.

So , I can see how a disaffected youth in western sydeny must feel.
The touchy feeleys wont be able to connect to these youth.
I doubt they respect their muslim leaders either, probably seeing them as weak.
teenage boys gravitate to strength.

some of the stronger muslims in the community. some of the muslim footballers,muslim boxers (yes, you Anthony mundine), martial arts stars, maybe even muslim bikers   could run a program to re engage with these disaffected youth.

how about a police versus muslim youth football match as a team bonding session

BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18^th, 2014 at 9:16pm:

They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had

Hitler and Stalin already tried the purity of race objective.

crocodile wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 8:48am:

BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 9:16pm: They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had Hitler and Stalin already tried the purity of race objective.

Note the two different words: his was culture, yours, race.

Oh god, all this wailing over a beat up to make Abbott look good!

Those “enclaves” exist—for first generation immigrants. Second generation—not nearly so much.

Australian society is richer for being more than a bland AngloSaxonCeltic dough. Serbs and Croats likewise caused a bit of strife 40–50 years ago. But conservatives always fearful of change, of growth, still bewail what has been happening since the 1950s.

Soren wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 8:55am:

crocodile wrote on Sep 19th, 2014 at 8:48am: BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 9:16pm: They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had Hitler and Stalin already tried the purity of race objective. Note the two different words: his was culture, yours, race.

No difference. Any multicultural races out there.

St George of the Garden wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 8:55am:

Oh god, all this wailing over a beat up to make Abbott look good! Those “enclaves” exist—for first generation immigrants. Second generation—not nearly so much. Australian society is richer for being more than a bland AngloSaxonCeltic dough. Serbs and Croats likewise caused a bit of strife 40–50 years ago. But conservatives always fearful of change, of growth, still bewail what has been happening since the 1950s.

It's not a beat up George, it's pretty serious stuff. The mistakes are targeting an entire ethnic diaspora for the wanton criminality of a few of them. The wallopers can at least see this and go after the crooks themselves. Asserting that all members of a particular ethnic origin are crooks in disguise isn't that helpful, especially when considering where the tipoff came from. Most of them probably came here to get away from all that horseshit.

If it was serious stuff the guy talking about beheading would have been arrested months ago. Similarly the DT beatup about security at PH. All straight out the John Howard playbook. Great distraction from the breathtaking incompetence of the Abbott govt and their half–finished harsh and unfair Budget and their doubling of the bloody deficit!

And this crap makes it easier to pass laws giving the security services more power, including keeping our metadata.

The head of ASIO sanctioned the raid on the home of the lawyer representing East Timor in their court case over the border and the oil deposits it contains. That compromised him.

I call bullshit on all of this!

St George of the Garden wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 9:45am:

If it was serious stuff the guy talking about beheading would have been arrested months ago. Similarly the DT beatup about security at PH. All straight out the John Howard playbook. Great distraction from the breathtaking incompetence of the Abbott govt and their half–finished harsh and unfair Budget and their doubling of the bloody deficit! And this crap makes it easier to pass laws giving the security services more power, including keeping our metadata. The head of ASIO sanctioned the raid on the home of the lawyer representing East Timor in their court case over the border and the oil deposits it contains. That compromised him. I call bullshit on all of this!

George, you're just looking for an angle. Despite Abbott's shortcomings, the wallopers appear to have done the right thing. They've patiently kept tabs on things, gathered evidence and have far more intelligence now than several months earlier. A little bit of acknowledgement wouldn't go astray. If you prefer to keep digging for angles in the hope that someone notices that's all up to you.

greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 18^th, 2014 at 11:40pm:

BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 9:16pm: They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had The terrorists have defeated you already. What a pathetic little coward you turned out to be. Meanwhile, I continue to live my life the same as usual. Cheers   ;)

coward wtf? have I ran away, no I Live in Liverpool South Western Sydney. I will be still getting around in my Aussie Flag shirts etc.. FFS I just bought a house 12 months ago and have lived in and around the area my whole life, I've witnessed first hand the damage multiculturalism has done to my home town over the last 40 years and its a bloody disgrace...

aquascoot wrote on Sep 19^th, 2014 at 6:17am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 11:40pm: BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18th, 2014 at 9:16pm: They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had The terrorists have defeated you already. What a pathetic little coward you turned out to be. Meanwhile, I continue to live my life the same as usual. Cheers   ;)

Deleted by myself. Apologies to all,

The attack of the killer kebabs....

I just wanted to apologise for posting that statement . I have had a good think about it and I realise my stress was making me post stupid things, thankfully , Buddhist thinking has helped me realise the stupidity of lashing out and it won't be happening again. Sometimes I thank Buddhism for my sanity,
Thank you phemanderac for setting me back on a better path

Too right you should apologise Scoot. Beheadings far too good for Gweggy.

This has the be the dumbest thread ever started.

The only people to blame are our government who are atempting to capitalise off the back of racist idiots who don't quite understand their left foot from their right.

mrkamikaze wrote on Oct 10^th, 2014 at 11:21am:

Too right you should apologise Scoot. Beheadings far too good for Gweggy.

I think it's a lesson for me about how people can push "hot buttons"
The farmer near me who hung himself, every day I had to drive past that farm and watch it deteriorate and it did make me feel awful.
Unfortunately I rolled a car with my son and then a young girl I know tried to hang herself and I saw the terrible mental health problems in the bush . 
And I felt that no one cared about the bush. No psychologists or psychiatrists for these rather desperate people,  but lashing out at those who call for more services for Christmas Island was unfair, they see suffering and want to help and I see suffering and want my people helped.  They are sadly neglected.
Buddhism thankfully led me to realise we all are in this together,   

I do still call for an end to two dollar milk and a resumption of the live cattle trade,  farmers are dying over these things, I hope Australia cares..... Sometimes I wonder

some of the scribes on ozpolitics must be pretty well off if they can afford the luxury of pity for foreigners

aquascoot wrote on Oct 10^th, 2014 at 12:25pm:

mrkamikaze wrote on Oct 10th, 2014 at 11:21am: Too right you should apologise Scoot. Beheadings far too good for Gweggy. I think it's a lesson for me about how people can push "hot buttons" The farmer near me who hung himself, every day I had to drive past that farm and watch it deteriorate and it did make me feel awful. Unfortunately I rolled a car with my son and then a young girl I know tried to hang herself and I saw the terrible mental health problems in the bush .  And I felt that no one cared about the bush. No psychologists or psychiatrists for these rather desperate people,  but lashing out at those who call for more services for Christmas Island was unfair, they see suffering and want to help and I see suffering and want my people helped.  They are sadly neglected. Buddhism thankfully led me to realise we all are in this together,    I do still call for an end to two dollar milk and a resumption of the live cattle trade,  farmers are dying over these things, I hope Australia cares..... Sometimes I wonder

In Australia, a general populace inundated with cares and daily struggles finds it hard to focus on one thing, even though focusing on one thing at a time is the only way to resolve anything at all.  When people do that they are called 'fringe elements', 'radicals', and unbalanced.  See the fools who invaded ASIS Island...... who here does NOT think them idiots and radicals?

As for governments etc here - they have no real interest in the position of the common herd (or herdsman) and are too busy strutting the world stage via 747, and making short-term money-grabbing deals with the cartel who run the 'global economy' - very few, if any, of which deals actually help Australia and Australians in any real way, but only serve to plunge it further into the abyss.

I've questioned the sanity and utter alien-ness of these people to our way of life in the past (and you thought MIB IV -Invasion of the Blue Ties was a joke?), and I still remain gob-smacked at the insanity (there is no other word for it) with which they approach each and every issue for today.

They are all Viagrans, Slick, all your Gillards and your Abbotts, and bent on destruction of Planet Earth, and they're only here under the Intragalactic Refugee Conventions.... which, by the way, we didn't get  to vote on.... now fasten your seat belt....

Conflicts in the middle east, illegal immigrants,  Russia in the Ukraine. Just more links in an ever growing chain to distract us from a failing education system,  dysfunctional hospitals, poverty, homelessness, unemployment and casualisation, crime, drugs and mental illness. Just don't offend muslims or illegal immigrants.

BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Sep 18^th, 2014 at 9:16pm:

They said it would never come to this They said they were peaceful They said they would enrich our culture. Some how I don't think having to look over my shoulder in case of a Muslim attack and possible death is what they had in mind... This would never of been possible under the previous mono culture policy this once great country had

When Hawke (the turd) asked Dr FitzGerald to appraise and report on multiculturalism the final report had to be airbrushed because Dr FitzGerald steered the report in a direction that upset the idiots in charge. Hawke had to say something positive so he said something like 'multiculturalism will enrichen the tapestry of the Australian way of life'. Our pollies our bound to say all that sort of rubbish because it is they and the social engineers who have ignored Australians and our preference for the type of people we want in the country. We now have the most vile house-guests imaginable and they add/bring nothing to the idiotic idea of multiculturalism. What a hoot; pollies were in the vanguard of multiculturalism and they have ended up with a group who contribute nothing to the idea of multiculturalism.

Our pollies are gold-plated phukwits.



Quote:

Dr FitzGerald has said that one major flaw of the report was in its terms of reference: it was not asked to look into population policy. “Immigration is not a tap you can just turn on and turn off when you think we’ve got a recession or it’s not politically popular,” he said. But the main opponents to Dr FitzGerald’s report were not so much concerned with the particulars of immigration reform as with FitzGerald’s perceived attack on multiculturalism. “The idea that multiculturalism may have run its course was deeply offensive to vested interests of the kind which represented in my view the ‘ism’, the dogma…" Dr FitzGerald said. The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) spearheaded an attack on the FitzGerald report and tried to block a number of its draft recommendations, arguing that they would lead to deepening conflict and undermine the social cohesion for which they claimed concern. The arguments took place in the Cabinet room, where the more conservative elements in the Labor Party - Ministers such as Peter Walsh (Finance) and Robert Ray (Immigration) - supported the full thrust of FitzGerald, against the opposition of the Prime Minister Bob Hawke. Hawke’s view, that multiculturalism was an important and central part of the social contract, prevailed at the time. Labor Caucus Immigration Committee chair Andrew Theophanous was to say of the FitzGerald report, “The positive virtues of multiculturalism... are completely disregarded”. http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/library/media/Timeline-Commentary/id/118.FitzGerald-Immigration-Policy-Review,-1988