Australia has spent two decades pursuing an expansive migration program, with intake hitting record highs after the pandemic. Successive governments have met the challenges of a more diverse society not with a serious integration strategy, but with multicultural grants, hate speech laws and an elaborate anti-racism policy.When tensions surface, officials rarely ask whether the pace of demographic change, or how it is managed, has contributed to the problem. Instead, they regulate the consequences.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles