Russell Coker wrote:
OK, but WHY are you focusing solely on the anglophone community? Because they are the ones that are connected to us.
That's a depressingly "White Australia Policy" attitude to take. e.g. one in four Australians speak a LOTE at home https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_Australia#cite_ref-50 e.g. one in four Australians was born overseas, of which the biggest contributing nations are UK, New Zealand, and China. We've more Sri Lankan immigrants than US immigrants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_Residents_by_Country_of_Birth_... e.g. our biggest trading partners are in East Asia, not North America (nor UK). UPDATE: I'm wrong; the top bilateral partners in decreasing order are CN, US, JP, KR, UK, NZ, SG, TH. http://dfat.gov.au/trade/resources/trade-at-a-glance/Pages/default.aspx Comparing exports and imports separately presents a different picture https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/aus/#Destinations https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/aus/#Origins