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Given the significance of immigration for the development of Australia, there has been surprisingly little systematic public opinion research into attitudes to immigration and cultural diversity until recent years.
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Markus, A. (2016). Contemporary Australian Attitudes to Immigration. In: Healy, E., Arunachalam, D., Mizukami, T. (eds) Creating Social Cohesion in an Interdependent World. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137520227_4
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