Asianisation Of Australia?

Some Facts about the Myths

By: Kee Pookong, Laksiri Jayasuriya

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Paperback | 28 March 2025 | Edition Number 1

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This book contributes the dispassionate, independent and objective comment that has been missing from media debate on the effects of our immigration policies.

'...we must combat blind ignorance with fact, and unreason with reason, and that is what this book is about.'-Don Dunstan

Pauline Hanson was not the first person to sensationalise the effects of Australia's open immigration policy on the racial make-up of this country. Nor was she the first politician to see advantage in building on the fear and prejudice beneath the surface of Australia's multicultural society. For the end of the White Australia policy in 1973 did not spell the end of fear of a peaceful Asian invasion through immigration.

The Asianisation of Australia? contributes the dispassionate, independent and objective comment that has been missing from media debate on the effects of our immigration policies. It provides a wealth of data on the make-up of Australia's immigrant intake and the ability of immigrants to establish a place in their new country.

Recent political rhetoric and forecasts are exposed for the myths, prejudices and over-simplifications that they are. By comparing such indicators as rates of employment, income, childbirth, intermarriage and fluency in English between Asian and other immigrants, Professors Jayasuriya and Kee convincingly demonstrate the valuable contribution made by Asian immigrants to our culture and our economy.

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"It is doubtful that Pauline Hanson will read this book as it would force her to confront the false claims on which One Nation is based. While facts will not always triumph over irrational fears, a book such as this provides powerful ammunition against those who argue from anecdote and emotion rather than a position of knowledge." --"The Age"

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Foreword
Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgements
Figures and Tables
Introduction: Re-enacting the 'Race' Debate	p. 1
Asian Immigration: An Overview	p. 4
Demographic Trends from the 1970s to the 1990s	p. 17
The Social Profile of Asian Immigrants	p. 35
Patterns of Social Integration	p. 52
Emerging Issues	p. 73
Meeting the Challenge of a Growing Pluralism	p. 87
Appendix	p. 92
Bibliography	p. 96
Index	p. 112
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