759: 反對倒退，堅持多元共構

倡議「把澳洲帶回單一文化社會」的一國黨支持度上升，工黨與自由黨卻未見強烈、清晰的回應，令人憂慮。一國黨的主張，直接違背過去數十年澳洲社會的基本共識,是明顯的倒退，更是對多年來從世界各地移居澳洲、如今已佔人口過半的移民及其下一代的否定。

必須明確指出：澳洲今日的經濟、文化與社會活力，離不開移民的貢獻。從最早以英國殖民者身分、或懷抱開拓新世界機會而來的先驅，到戰後的歐洲移民潮、其後的亞洲移民潮，再到近年的技術與人道移民，一代又一代新移民及其子女,已成為澳洲勞動力、創業、教育、醫療、科研與社區服務的重要支柱。否定他們，就是否定澳洲本身的發展軌跡。

若社會出現碎片化，或部分移民群體融入不足，正確的態度絕非排斥或走回頭路，而是要求各級政府更積極作為：

• 強調所有族群——包括在本地出生、已居住多代的早期移民後裔——都有責任接納新移民，協助他們盡快適應並貢獻社會，成為推動澳洲前進的力量。
• 共同建構共享的澳洲價值觀：法治、平等、個人責任、互相尊重、民主參與。
• 促進不同背景移民之間，以及新舊社群之間的溝通、認識與合作，共同創造澳洲的未來。

我們有充分理由要求聯邦、州與地方政府正式肯定移民在國家發展中的角色，並採取具體行動：

1. 積極吸納第一代移民進入決策與諮詢機制，讓他們的經驗與視角直接參與政策制定，而非僅止於象徵性代表。
2. 協助現任政府加快跨文化溝通與共同建設：增加有效的語言與公民教育資源、支持社區層面的互訪與合作項目、鼓勵企業與公共機構建立真正的跨文化工作環境，讓「融入」成為雙向過程。
3. 公開駁斥任何把「多元」等同於「分裂」、把「維護國家認同」簡化為「排斥新來者」的言論。真正的國家認同，應建立在共享價值與共同未來之上，而非血統或單一文化的想像。

澳洲不是、也不應成為封閉的單一文化社會。過去數十年的共識是：在堅守核心價值的前提下，開放、接納，並協助新移民盡快成為社會的建設者。今天若這個共識受到挑戰，政府的責任是強化它，而非沉默或退讓。

我們呼籲各級政府以實際政策證明：移民不是負擔，而是國家持續發展的夥伴；跨文化溝通不是口號，而是必須加快推進的工作。唯有如此，澳洲才能繼續成為一個既能守住自身價值、又能從全球人才中獲益的開放社會。

周偉文 社長

Standing Firm for Building a Multicultural Australia, Opposing Regression

The rising support for One Nation, which advocates “bringing Australia back to a monocultural society,” is concerning, particularly given the lack of a strong and clear response from either the Labor Party or the Liberal Party. One Nation’s position directly contradicts the fundamental consensus that has shaped Australian society over the past several decades. It represents a clear step backwards and, more importantly, a rejection of the generations of migrants and their descendants who have come to Australia from around the world and now making up more than half of the population.

It must be clearly stated: Australia’s economic, cultural and social vitality today would not be possible without the contribution of migrants. From the earliest pioneers who arrived as British colonists or those in search of opportunities to build a new world, through the post-war waves of European migration and the subsequent waves of Asian migration, to today’s skilled and humanitarian migrants, generation after generation of newcomers and their children have become vital pillars of Australia’s workforce, entrepreneurship, education, healthcare, scientific research and community services. To deny their contribution is to deny Australia’s own history of development.

If Australian society is becoming fragmented, or if some migrant communities are not integrating sufficiently, the appropriate response is certainly not exclusion or a return to the past. Instead, governments at all levels should take more proactive action in order to:

• Emphasise that every community—including people born here and descendants of earlier generations of migrants who have lived in Australia for decades —has a responsibility to welcome new migrants, help them adapt to Australian society as quickly as possible, and enable them to contribute and become a positive force for shaping Australia’s future.
• Build our shared Australian values together: the rule of law, equality, personal responsibility, mutual respect and democratic participation.
• Promote communication, understanding and cooperation between migrants from different backgrounds, as well as between newer and established communities, so that we can make Australia’s future together.

We have every reason to call on the federal, state and local governments to formally recognise the role of migrants in the nation’s development and to take material action:

1. Bring first-generation migrants more actively into decision-making and consultation mechanisms. Their experiences and perspectives should have a direct role in shaping public policy, rather than being limited to symbolic representation.

2. Help the government enhance cross-cultural communication and shared community-building. This should include increasing effective language and civic education resources, supporting community-level exchange and cooperation programs, and encouraging businesses and public institutions to form genuinely cross-cultural workplaces. Integration should be understood as a two-way process.

3. Publicly reject any narrative that equates “diversity” with “division,” or reduces “protecting national identity” to “excluding newcomers.” A genuine national identity should be built on shared values and a shared future—not on ancestry or an imagined single culture.

Australia is not, and should not become, a closed monocultural society. The consensus of the past several decades has been clear: while upholding our core values, Australia should remain open and welcoming, and should help new migrants become contributing members of the society as quickly as possible. If this consensus is challenged today, then the government should strengthen it—not to remain silent or to retreat.

We call on governments at every level, through actual policies, to demonstrate that migrants are not a burden but are partners in the nation’s sustained development; and that cross-cultural communication is not merely a slogan, but is essential work that must be speeded up. Only in this way can Australia remain as an open society that is capable of safeguarding its core values as well as benefiting from the talents and contributions of people from around the world who now call Australia home.

Mr. Raymond Chow, Publisher