Sarah Hanson-Young joins Insiders  Print Email  Australian
Broadcasting Corporation  Broadcast: 20/02/2011  Reporter:
Barrie Cassidy  South Australian Senator Sarah Hanson-Young
joins Barrie Cassidy to discuss multiculturalism, asylum
seekers, the Government's proposed flood levy and more.  BARRIE
CASSIDY: Sarah Hanson-Young, good morning.  SARAH HANSON-YOUNG,
SA GREENS SENATOR: Good morning. Thanks for having me.  BARRIE
CASSIDY: So multiculturalism is back, the term is back. Do we
need these sorts of definitions to explain to the country what
we're on about?  SARAH HANSON-YOUNG: It's funny isn't it?
Because I think when you talk to people on the street,
particularly somebody of my generation, we've always believed
that we are a multicultural community. We know what that means.
It's respecting each other. It's the vibrancy of our
communities.  What has failed here is the political discourse
around it and leadership.  And of course you know it's been
wonderful to see the Labor Party readopt the M word. What w