Asians for Australia's identity

Australia is now pursuing the task of discovering and creating its own identity, says Keiko Morita, lecturer at the Institute for International Studies, University of Technology, Sydney. Following remarks made by Pauline Hanson during the 1996 federal election, the issue of Asian immigration has been the subject of significant public debate in Australia. Morita argues that the uproar provoked by Hanson's blatant exploitation of racist hostilities has made it pertinent to raise the question of how Australian feelings toward Asian immigrants have changed over the last thirty years.