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Mark Latham interviewing people in Fairfield about multiculturalism. Picture: Facebook
MARK Latham has slammed Australian multiculturalism as “a disgrace” because he says too few people know how to speak English.
The former Labor leader roamed around Fairfield in Sydney’s southwest, which has a large population of people from the middle east.
In the video Latham approaches a number of locals who say they can’t speak to him because they don’t speak English.
“It’s quite disgraceful, how can we have a proper cohesive multicultural community if people don’t even speak the basic language of the nation?” he said.
Former Labor leader Mark Latham was sacked by Sky News for questioning a boys sexuality and calling students from Sydney Boys High 'dickheads' live on air. Picture: SKYSource:SKY
Latham also asked Fairfield residents if they travel to nearby Cabramatta, a five-minute drive away with a largely Asian population.
A number of those interviewed said the drug problem in Cabramatta made it a less than desirable place to visit.
Pauline Hanson and Mark Latham have similar views on multiculturalism. Picture: FacebookSource:Facebook
Latham said his interviews proved that multiculturalism in Australia wasn’t working.
“Essentially they’re going to become an ethnic enclave,” he said about people is Sydney’s southwest.
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen was the target of much of Mark Latham’s anger. Picture: AAPSource:AAP
Former Federal Labor Leader Mark Latham says multiculturalism isn’t working. Picture: AAPSource:AAP
Latham directed much of his anger at Labor’s Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, the former mayor of Fairfield from 1998 to 1999.
“It’s a disgrace that Chris Bowen and others have allowed this to happen,” he said.
Latham made the video for his website called Mark Latham’s Outsiders.
Then Opposition Leader Mark Latham’s infamous bonecrunching handshake with then Prime Minister John Howard. Picture: John FederSource:News Corp Australia
That is not to be confused with the Sky News program Outsiders, from which he was sacked in March following a number of controversies, including calling a schoolboy “gay” for his appearance in a video about feminism.
Young Labor member Mark Latham (R) with former prime minister Gough Whitlam after receiving his Bachelor of Economics degree (honours) at Sydney University in 1982. Picture: SuppliedSource:News Corp Australia