Sunday 23rd September. Ringside guest Tim Soutphonmasane, author of "Don't Go Back To Where You Came From: Why Multiculturalism Works".

In outlining the history of Australian Immigration, from an Anglo Celtic colony, through the post war arrival of Eastern Europeans, Mediterraneans, and more recently the pro-Asian intake, Tim explains the rationale behind Australia's unique ethnic mix.

Covering the pivotal markers of 'Populate or Perish', 'White Australia', the introduction of Multicultural legislation - with its shift from Assimilation to a more accepting and equitable Australian Multiculturalism, and the re-emphasis of national identity towards a civic as opposed to racial culture, we start to see the thought and logic behind Australia's approach to nation building within a Multicultural context.

Tim 'Soot-pom-ma-sarn' details with analytical poignancy the challenges and dynamics playing upon an expanding population constantly in flux due to the large numbers of New Australians from unfamiliar cultures.

Posing questions such as, should Australia expand? Where do you draw the line on accommodating foreign cultures? How do you make a former British colony more pertient to immigrants from a non-Anglo-European background? And how is it that while Germany and Britain have determined that Multiculturalism is unworkable, in Australia it flourishes.
 
Don't Go Back To Where You Came From explains how Australia has managed to create one of the most peaceful and egalitarian societies yet.

This often quoted book, is mandatory reading for anyone who has arrived in Australia to ask themselves, 'how did they do it?'
                                                                               [Robert Salisbury]