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Foreign minister to link diversity to national security
Foreign Minister Penny Wong will use a high-profile speech on Friday to declare that the rise of populism threatens Australia's national security, saying the "melancholic fantasy of monoculture" risks making Australia "lonely in a dangerous world".
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- Why it matters
- Wong frames opposition to multiculturalism as a security vulnerability, connecting immigration policy to foreign relations and strategic isolation.
- Most affected
- Australians in policy discussions around immigration and cultural diversity — Argument now presented that restricting diversity poses security risks, not just social benefits
- Watch next
- Whether Wong's speech attracts responses from opposition parties or populist figures, and what framing they use in reply.