"[The] truth is, journalism or drama that genuinely changes attitudes is very rare... Go Back To Where You Came From, it seems to me, was not a series about political choices. It was simply putting Australian viewers, briefly, in the shoes of those many millions around the world who desperately hope for somewhere safe to live... surely, whatever the political choices we have to make, it can't be a bad thing to help Australians realise that those who come to our shores in desperation don't deserve our hatred, or our fear, or our contempt."
- Jonathan Holmes, host of ABC's Media Watch, writing for The Drum in light of the SBS series Go Back to Where You Came From.
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