Sydney, Aug 14, 2026 (AFP) - Australian foreign minister rejects 'monoculture' call

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Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong will defend multiculturalism as "the only Australia that has ever existed" in a speech on Friday pushing back against the ascendant far-right One Nation party. The Malaysian-born Wong -- the first Asian-Australian to become a federal minister -- will warn against "external and internal forces" seeking to divide Australia in her address to the Lowy Institute in Sydney, highlighting the success of refugees in......

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