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Australians remain strongly supportive of immigration and multiculturalism, but a high level of negative opinion towards Australians of Asian, African and Middle Eastern backgrounds persists.
The Scanlon Foundation s 2020 Social Cohesion Report provides an insight into the attitudes of Australians, and in a year when faced with a major crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Two surveys - carried out in July and November last year - included more than 140 questions intended to gauge public opinion on population issues and community harmony.
“The surveys point to a resilient, resourceful, adaptive society - perhaps a result that will surprise many,” said the report s author, Emeritus Professor Andrew Markus.