MALCOLM TURNBULL: Well, look, I reject that. I think the views that I've expressed are held by the vast majority if not all of my colleagues. I mean, I can't speak for everyone, but I know the mood of the members of the House and the members of the Senate on our side and there is a real commitment and a recognition of the strength of the diversity of Australia.

But you see it's a subtle thing. You know there used to be a time ...

TONY JONES: Is it a thing that's in danger in some way?

MALCOLM TURNBULL: No, I don't think it is, but just let me finish. There's a subtle thing. There was a time, you know, a couple of generations ago when Australians saw themselves as being British, and so the - if you came to Australia from another country, you were meant to sort of go into the melting pot and come out of it British.

But we recognise now that our Australian-ness is part of that diversity. I mean, you're a Jones, I'm a Turnbull, but we share in a part of and in effect co-own all of the cultures that make up our country. We share in the Chinese New Year, the lunar New Year festival. We share in the Greek and Italian festivals. It is part of our way of life.

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