What Do Prime Ministers' Speeches Tell Us About Historical Attitudes to Immigration? How have non-British and non-white immigrants been depicted in the election speeches of winning Prime Ministers throughout Australia's post-Federation history?

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      The article talks about the concept of immigration in Australian political speech. It mentions about the implementation of post-Federation immigration policy which restrict immigrants from countries other than the Great Britain or Ireland along with the implementation of the Displaced Persons Scheme following World War II; and also discusses the categorical denial of racism and the simultaneous exclusion, oppression and demonisation of minorities such as asylum seekers.