Opposition To The Multifunction Polis
Liberal Party leader, Andrew Peacock, was especially critical of the Multifunction Polis proposal, as was RSL president Brigadier Alf Garland. Peacock and Garland both argued that the Multifunction Polis would become an 'Asian enclave'.
The Daily Mirror newspaper at the time published huge numbers of readers' letters attacking the Multifunction Polis and Asian immigration.
Victorian RSL President Bruce Ruxton said the Multifunction Polis would become a "Jap City".
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