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Integration Over ‘Recognition’ Ensures Success

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Integration Over ‘Recognition’ Ensures Success
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese surrounded by members of the First Nations Referendum Working Group (including Thomas Mayor on the right of Albanese) speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on March 23, 2023. AAP Image/Lukas Coch
Gary Johns
Rocco Loiacono
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Integration into a wider society works. That is why Australia is one of the most successful countries on the planet. This nation, like no other, has managed to draw together peoples from all four corners of the globe, united by a common set of values: namely, tolerance, respect, and equality before the law.

Gary Johns was a federal Labor MP from 1987-1996 and served as special minister of state and assistant industrial relations minister in the Keating ministry. He has also served on the Productivity Commission and from 2017-2022 was head of the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Queensland and has authored several books and papers.
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