Abdul Aziz Muhamat, a refugee and human rights defender, who spent six years detained by the Australian Government on Manus Island, addresses the UN Human Rights Council to highlight the inhumane treatment of people seeking asylum.
Sonia Kruger, an Australian television presenter, vilifies Muslim people and calls for Australia to close its borders to those of the Islamic faith. Her comments followed a terrorist attack in Nice on Bastille Day. In 2019, NSW Civil and Administrative
50 people die when a self-described white supremacist opens fire in a Mosque in Christchurch New Zealand. This atrocity prompts a conversation about the normalisation of hate speech on social media and online.
Senator Anning is globally condemned for linking the mosque attacks that killed 50 people to Muslim immigration but repeatedly refuses to apologise for his comments.
The first Aboriginal Australian is elected to the House of Representatives, the first to serve as a government minister, and the first appointed to cabinet. Hon. Ken Wyatt is appointed Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Indigenous Health in
The Lowy Institute Poll 2018 finds a majority of Australians oppose the current immigration rate with 54 per cent believing that the total intake of migrants is âtoo highâ.
Fringe political groups including the United Australia Party call for restrictions on immigration based on religion.
Prime Minister Morrison declares he will cut immigration intake declaring roads and public transport in Sydney and Melbourne âfullâ.
Australiaâs population reaches 25 million with approximately one quarter of residents being born overseas.
Government senators vote in support of Senator Pauline Hansonâs infamous âItâs ok to be whiteâ motion in the Senate (support later retracted). Senator Hansonâs motion followed the maiden speech of Queensland Senator Fraser Anning, who called for a âfinal solutionâ to