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Immigration policy of the Australian Communist Party
[Subheading:] READ THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNIST PARTY'S SENSIBLE IMMIGRATION POLICY.
[Subheading:] Anti-Communist Misrepresentation on our Immigrations Aims Answered.
COMMUNISTS WANT IMMIGRATION CONTROL.
Does the Australian Communist Party want to flood Australia with hordes of Asiatic immigrants? Definitely no. Any such suggestion is a direct misrepresentation of our immigration policy.
IN THE PERIOD 1925-30, UNDER THE BRUCE-PAGE IMMIGRATION SCHEME, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BRITISH IMMIGRANTS WERE BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY AT A TIME OF INCREASING UNEMPLOYMENT. THEY HELPED SWELL THE ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED. THIS MUST NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
We are not in favour of an immigration policy that is going to swell the army of unemployed or undermine Australian standards of living. This latter danger is, of course, increased with immigrants from low-wage countries.
These dangers must be guarded against more (not less) effectively than in the past. But that does not imply a "White Australia" Policy.
WHAT WE SAY IS THAT IMMIGRATION CAN BE REGULATED. IMMIGRANTS CAN BE ADMITTED OR EXCLUDED, WITHOUT USING THE DANGEROUS, INSULTING TERM "WHITE AUSTRALIA". HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF A "WHITE NEW ZEALAND" OR A "WHITE CANADA" POLICY? OF COURSE YOU HAVEN’T. NEW ZEALAND AND CANADA REGULATE IMMIGRATION WITHOUT AROUSING THE HOSTILITY OF COLOURED PEOPLES BY USING AN OFFENSIVE PHRASE. CAN'T AUSTRALIA DO THE SAME?
BUT NOT WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY.
Have you ever thought what a bad name Australia has in Asiatic lands because of our "White Australia" policy, which judges a man not on other things but on the color [sic] of his skin.
BY IT WE INSULT OUR 400 MILLION CHINESE ALLIES WHO HAVE BEEN OUR FRONT-LINE AGAINST THE JAPS. WE INSULT 400 MILLION INDIANS WHOSE COUNTRY LIES ON DIRECT AIR-LINES FROM AUSTRALIA TO EUROPE. WE INSULT 72 MILLION INDONESIANS IMMEDIATELY TO OUR NORTH.
These countries and our other neighbours where people with coloured skins live comprise half the population of the world. They are moving fast towards becoming strong independent countries. We need the friendship of their peoples for our defence, their advance is the surest safeguard of our wage standards, we will want to trade more with them if we are to build an Australia with jobs for all.
AN AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN POLICY MUST BE BASED ON PACIFIC FRIENDSHIP. "WHITE AUSTRALIA" RETARDS SUCH PACIFIC FRIENDSHIP. THAT'S WHY IT MUST GO.
