The Sky News Australia segment (link below), hosted by Danica De Giorgio, took a sharply critical, sarcastic swipe at the multicultural slogan "diversity is our strength" in light of fresh data on suspected forced underage marriages in NSW. It's classic gutsy Sky News opinion stuff: provocative, Right-leaning commentary framing cultural/religious practices imported via migration as clashing with Australian values, especially child protection. We should be glad that Sky News still upholds the Enlightenment value of free speech, a freedom fast going under the relentless march of the multicult tyranny and online censorship.
Key facts from the piece and linked reporting (primarily The Sunday Telegraph's exclusive FOI data):
In the 2024-25 financial year, 14 children in NSW were reported to the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) child protection hotline as suspected victims of forced marriage — nearly double the 8 cases from the prior year.
Since tracking began in 2018-19, NSW has logged 117 such reports overall.
Nationally, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) recorded 118 forced marriage reports in 2024-25, up almost 30% from 91 the year before.
Forced marriage has been a specific Commonwealth criminal offence since 2013 (up to 7–9 years imprisonment, or 25 if involving taking a child overseas), yet convictions remain rare — only two nationwide in some accounts since the law's inception, highlighting enforcement gaps.
Many cases involve "hidden" ceremonies (e.g., unofficial religious rites in backyards or private homes), often evading formal detection until a victim, school, or neighbour reports suspicion.
The segment's sarcasm is clear: it mocks the idea that unchecked "diversity" automatically benefits society when it allegedly imports practices like child/forced marriage, which authorities describe as a form of modern slavery, family violence, and exploitation — predominantly affecting girls under 18. Some associated social media and commentary (e.g., from conservative or anti-immigration voices) explicitly link surges to certain migrant communities, who cannot ever be mentioned. Official government sources (AFP, Home Affairs, NSW DCJ) stress that forced marriage isn't tied to any single culture, religion, or ethnicity — it can occur across backgrounds — like Anglo Saxons, who can be mentioned being the universal fall guys, and multicult suckers. Yes, blame the Anglo-Saxon misogynists, and all will be well, redirecting the problem to deflect any critique of those really responsible!
It's a grim, politically charged issue — real child protection failures wrapped in culture-war framing; it fits the pattern of institutional reluctance to name cultural factors in child exploitation cases, to protect the myths of diversity. The broad issue is covered in the UK pieces today at the blog.