Ralph Babet (Victoria, United Australia Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

No civilisation in history works harder to erase itself than the modern West. Whilst other nations proudly protect their heritage, we hold candlelit vigils for everyone else's. Our politicians and our political elites seem to always pay homage to every non-Western festival that they can find. It's a lovely gesture, of course, but try spotting a single mention of Australia Day on some of their Twitter feeds. You won't find it. You'll have better luck finding a spine in Parliament House. Go to any non-Western country and see if their leaders spend as much time pandering to minorities as ours do. Spoiler alert: they don't. Overseas they celebrate their country and their culture, while here in Australia we apologise for being Australian.

If you live here, then embrace Australian traditions. If you prefer the customs of another country, you know what? Flights leave daily. Off you go. We pander to every imported culture like a guilty host who has forgotten it's his own house. It's our house. People from around the world come here because Australia's free, safe and prosperous, but none of those blessings have happened by accident. They are the fruits of a Christian culture, the foundation of our laws. Our liberty, our way of life—all of it. If you change that culture, you'll destroy the very thing that made Australia worth coming to in the first place. We're a great country, but we must stay that way. Be proud of, defend and live by Australian Christian values. It is as simple and as vital as that. And if we don't, we will lose our country—make no mistake; look at the UK.