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Quang Luu: Whitlam's policy on Vietnamese refugees didn't last - January 04, 2006
"Whitlam's antipathy towards South Vietnam and his reluctance to accept Indochinese refugees were well known. After Whitlam's dismissal in November, we were allowed to stay as permanent residents by the Fraser government. The new Coalition government formulated a resettlement policy for Vietnamese and other Indochinese refugees.
From a small base of 2427 people according to the 1976 census, the 200,000 Vietnamese Australians today represent 1 per cent of the population and are a successful part of our multicultural society."
Quang Luu, a life member of the Refugee Council of Australia, was the first national president of the Vietnamese community in Australia (1977-82).
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