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Chapter 7 explores intersectionality as an effective analytic tool. The intersecting inequalities of class, race and nation position IMGs as an underclass within Australia’s medical culture. Political shifts in Australia, the US and UK are examined. These shifts reflect a political, economic and social climate around an nostalgic ideal and anti-immigration stance. Discussion outlines Australia’s extreme, exclusionary border protection policy underpinned by an obsession for whiteness and fear of the foreign, xenophobia.
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“Getup is an independent left movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into our democracy.” The core values of this organisation are around social justice, economic fairness and environmental sustainability: www.youtube.com/user/getupaustralia, https://wwwgetup.org.au.
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Phillip Ruddock was Australia’s Attorney General in 2001.
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The full ‘apology’ can be accessed at Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate (Post and Reposte by Tim Dunlop 19 April 2000) http://onlineopinion.com.au?view.asp?article=107g page = 2.
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Pascoe, V.A. (2019). IMGs and Intersecting Inequalities: Class, Race and Nation. In: Australia’s Toxic Medical Culture. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2426-0_7
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