Petro Georgiou (Kooyong, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

reaffirms its commitment to the right of all Australians to enjoy equal rights and opportunities and be treated with equal respect regardless of race, colour, culture, creed or ethnic origin;

(2)

reaffirms its commitment to maintaining an immigration policy wholly non-discrimina-tory on grounds of race, colour, culture, creed or ethnic origin;

(3)

reaffirms its commitment to the process of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indig-enous Australians, and to closing the gap that lies between us in life expectancy, educational achievement and economic opportunity;

(4)

reaffirms its commitment to multiculturalism and to maintaining Australia as a culturally diverse, tolerant and open society, united by an overriding loyalty to our nation, obedience to its laws, and commitment to its democratic beliefs and institutions; and

(5)

denounces intolerance in any form on the grounds of race, colour, culture, creed or ethnic origin as incompatible with the kind of society we are and want to be.

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