Peter Dutton announced on Friday that if elected, the Coalition will shutter government-funded diversity, equity and inclusion programs and fire the people who work in those roles, arguing that DEI does “nothing to improve the lives of everyday Australians”.
There’s good reason to ignore this latest salvo. Dutton is a master divider when it comes to First Nations peoples and migrants, and his remarks at the Menzies Foundation did not depart from his typical fare. In addition to his comments about DEI, Dutton took aim at new migrants, suggesting that Labor has created a housing crisis since it “opened the migration floodgates”, and said the voice referendum was “a standout example of Labor’s indulgent spending”.
