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Thomas Sewell has launched legal action in the High Court to overturn "hate groups" laws used to ban the White Australia Party, and to obtain temporary protection for about 5,000 ex-members and associates while the case is being determined. The application will be heard Thursday. "Ultimately a question as to whether we are to become second class citizens in our own country"

I've never claimed to be Anglo-Celtic or part of any related ethnic group. Ethnically, I am Sinhalese-Portuguese/Indo-Aryan. I am definitely Australian, however; that is my nationality. People often claim an Australian ethnicity but then describe themselves as Anglo-Celtic or related European ethnicities. For this to be consistent, one would have to subscribe to a "magic soil" theory: that the moment British colonialists landed on the Australian continent, they instantly became ethnically Australian. That did not happen. They remained an admixture of the various ethnic groups that had come from the British Isles and formed the majority collective. There were also smaller groups of other ethnicities who arrived, along with the existing Aboriginal Indigenous populations. Over time, the British colonies federated and built a nation that retained its ties to the British motherland (links that still exist today). Distinct ethnic groups can and do arise, and I would argue that a distinct Australian ethnic identity now exists, one that is unique from Britain or other New World Western nations. It is represented predominantly by Australians of Anglo-Celtic roots. This process occurred over roughly 200 years and really accelerated after Federation. There was also a legislative framework designed specifically to exclude other groups from this emerging ethnic identity, despite the presence of Indigenous people and other small ethnic communities. This is commonly known as the White Australia Policy. However, paperwork does not create an ethnicity. The policy was eventually dismantled within about 70 years, and a new framework was established. Based on current demographics, Australian ethnicity in the next 200 years will be made up predominantly of people with Anglo-Celtic-Indo-Chinese heritage, but it will remain unique to Australia. It is true that the sacrifices of generations of mainly White Anglo-Celtic people from Britain should be respected and their history preserved. At the same time, a new and even longer legacy is being built, one based on Australia’s relatively short history. All this mass deportation talk is only viable for non-citizens (if even electorally viable). People are entitled to spend their time and energy on that issue, but the real fight for the future of this country is much deeper and more complex. Right now, the Australian-hating left, which has little regard for the history of this country, is in control and is only tightening its stranglehold. I've shared these types of views multiple times over the years and remain consistent.