Immigration, citizenship, and community safety are deeply interconnected, and prosperous policy must approach them as part of the same vision for a fair and inclusive Australia. At its best, immigration policy reflects our national values of compassion, opportunity, and fairness.

Australia is a nation built from many journeys. From the world’s oldest continuous cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander First Nations peoples, to the generations of migration that followed, our shared story has always been one of diversity.

Despite the un-Australian rhetoric building, as violence flashes its mindless menace in our streets over race—and over immigration—the Australian Prosperity Institute publicly denounces the claims by various fringe groups and ignorant political representatives that there is a so-called ‘refugee problem’ or an ‘immigration problem.’ 

Community safety is strongest when it is built from the ground up. A federally funded Local Safety Network (LSN) would provide citizens with lawful, democratic pathways to address extremism, prevent violence, and strengthen trust at the grassroots level.