Maybe, Just Maybe, There’s a Glimmer of Hope

Illustrated by the 2023 Yes campaign for the Indigenous Voice to the Parliament, it’s obvious political correctness now infects Australian society to such a degree it determines how we use language, how public policies are debated, and how the nation defines itself and how governments legislate and act.

Instead of being reasonable and modest, as argued by Prime Minister Albanese, the Uluru Statement from the Heart embraces a radical narrative underpinned by post-colonial identity politics and victimhood. The assumption is Australian society is inherently racist and guilty of white supremacism, the arrival of the First Fleet was an invasion. and there is nothing beneficial or worthwhile about European settlement and colonisation.

Instead of reasoned debate, it’s also true Yes supporters stooped to personal abuse.  During the campaign Senator Jacinta Price was described by Noel Pearson as being caught in a “celebrity redneck vortex”, while the Liberal Party was condemned by…