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sp, yes the kids are paramount in this...however, there are other commonalities and the first one to me seems to be the cultural differences that many of these groups are hiding behind and, secondly, coupled to that, a lack of 'education' to the women of these societies to come forth and help put the blocks on it, call it a societal confidence tied to the cultural differences.
Now in terms of going forward, perhaps we really need to define the ground rules and move towards an Australian model (though that is not perfect by any means), one that extols that, and I am really paraphrasing here for brevity's sake, ' we are, we respect and we encourage a pluralistic society where religious differences are tolerated; however, those of different religions and immigration groups have to learn and respect our customs and laws in the setting of a common, secular society."
Maybe, with that, we could start to progress somewhat, step by step and certainly not overnight - and, yes, this is beyond the politics of one major party.