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“We don’t care where people come from; we don’t mind what religion they’ve got or what their particular view of the world is. But if you want to be in Australia, if you want to raise your children in Australia, we fully expect those children to be taught and to accept Australian values and beliefs.”
“We want them to understand our history and our culture, the extent to which we believe in mateship and giving another person a hand up and a fair go. And basically, if people don’t want to be Australians and they don’t want to live by Australian values and understand them, well basically they can clear off.”
- Australian Education Minister Brendan Nelson, as reported in the newspaper The Age.
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August 29th, 2005 at 5:01 am
extent to which we believe in mateship and giving another person a hand up and a fair go. And basically, if people don?t want to be Australians and they don?t want to live by Australian values and understand them, well basically they can clear off.” – Australian Education Minister Brendan Nelson
August 29th, 2005 at 5:01 am
extent to which we believe in mateship and giving another person a hand up and a fair go. And basically, if people don?t want to be Australians and they don?t want to live by Australian values and understand them, well basically they can clear off.” – Australian Education Minister Brendan Nelson