It is unfortunate but Australia is unmatched among Western nation in regards to historic cruelty:
- They tried to wipe out and breed out their indigenous population (something that continued to the 1960s)
- They refused to include indigenous people in the census until 1967
- Banned non-white immigration until 1975 and in conjunction with latter points, it became known as the White Australia policy (intended to make Australia all-white)
- To this day, still have clauses in the constitution giving the government the power to make race-laws for any racial group and state legislatures the power to kick off non-whites from the voting roll
- Fun fact the race-law constitution clause not only trumps the anti-discrimination laws in Australia, if I remember correctly, it was used in the 2000s.
- Maintains offshore detention camps for prisons that has been routinely deemed illegal from the International Criminal Court to countries like Iran and North Korea
Australia is a great country but they really need to have conversation about racism, they continue to deny its history and continued existence in the country.
Lists Australia's barbaric history
* Calls Australia a great country*
What I mean is that Australia has also made extreme achievements that the US and others couldn't do.
Like restrict gun laws after mass shootings, introducing cheap uni, universal healthcare and being the only nation to completely avoid a recession for 30 years until covid hit.
But they have also done some unspeakable things.