‘titrebSummary’/titrebIntroduit in 1973 by the Labour Government of Gough Whitlam, based on the Canadian model, advocating a positive and active reception of immigrants and taking into account the specific needs of ethnic, including indigenous, communities, multiculturalism has been one of the main drivers of the construction of Australian national identity. Controversial, but always seen as a priority by all governments, both right and left, he now seems to have lost much of its original substance, or even abandoned.