‘Discontent and distrust’: annual social cohesion checkup shows exactly what’s making Australia angry

Cost of living and AI outrank climate change and war as top concerns for future, but support for multiculturalism remains strong Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast The vast majority of Australians support immigration and multiculturalism despite more feeling poorer – and increasingly pessimistic and distrustful of government, the annual Scanlon report on social cohesion has revealed. People are more worried about artificial intelligence than climate change or going to war, but a global economic downturn and cost-of-living pressures are Australians’ key concerns. Continue reading...

斯坎倫基金會年度報告顯示，澳大利亞社會凝聚力指數連續三年維持在78分，但生活成本壓力、經濟困境與對移民態度的分化正在加劇不滿與不信任。報告還發現，經濟困難正在改變投票傾向，部分選民轉向單一民族黨，同時公眾對多元文化主義的支持依然高企。