Seemingly, yes.
Tough not to like a no BS guy like John Howard:
Are Australians, for the most part, standing firm with PM Howard?
Yes, they are.
I was watching one of our Sunday morning shows here this morning and even the left wing presenters on that show were in broad agreement with the PM - they were stressing that "It's only a minority of people from the Middle East who are a problem" and "It's not just Middle Eastern people" but they were still endorsing the comments.
That's as far as any opposition seems to be going - and that's the lefties.
The Aussies are standing with Howard and many are in front, in back and to the side. In fact, they are standing up to combat political correctness before it becomes tenable.
If the muzzies want to riot, well they've seen how the locals react. They respond by stomping on the rioters.
After several episdoes of muzzie abuse and brutality, the Aussie people will not tolerate their "game plan" used in the UK with such appeasing results.