By: mdoinit
3/05/2008
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what purpose did the governments of Australia allow immigration? I'm thinking it was after the world wars and the fear of not enough people to protect our borders.. so the govt. allows foreigners in under the guise of 'suring up' our population...aiming to have a base of strength that may be able to repel an invading force..
yet now we see the govt.'s screening process of those willing to accept Australian values falling short, continually.
forget the external forces, Australia should be now worried about internal parties who are set at breaking down Australia's values and wishing to set-up continual unrest with the minority groups.....
Time to re-think immigration and it's processes. |
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By: ol_whal
3/05/2008
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| It was to bolster our work force, much the same no. Immigrants will do the jobs that Aussies won't and for less money |
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By: bias0007
3/05/2008
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<< It was to bolster our work force, >>.......yes
<< Immigrants will do the jobs that Aussies won't and for less money>>...... Aussies WILL do those jobs, you're just a stirrer |
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By: mickregtom
4/05/2008
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| 50 years ago, I'll accept that. Today=NO WAY to immigration. Love It Or Leave It, I say or P-ss Off We're Full!!! |
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By: winklebarge
6/05/2008
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| Australia is not anywhere NEAR to being FULL!..... |
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By: helizki
6/05/2008
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<<<Australia is not anywhere NEAR to being FULL!.....>>>
Tell that to all the aussies trying to get work.
Lets start looking after those we have instead of importing more.
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By: pathos065
6/05/2008
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| How about a referendum on Immigration, lets just see what the people of Australia feel about this subject! or would the answer be to unpalitable for the PC immigration lobby to accept! |
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By: patriotaus
6/05/2008
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Here's an example. In my area nearly every petrol station attendant and nearly every trolley boy i see in supermarket carparks are recently arrived migrants from india. The reason being that they can't get anyone local to even apply for the jobs. And i'm sure that for them its a means to an end, in other words i bet they are studying so that they to don't have to do that sort of work in the future. Good on them and good luck to them.
(based on a yarn i had with the attendant at my local BP) |
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By: chicken_lipsforme
6/05/2008
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<<<I'm thinking it was after the world wars and the fear of not enough people to protect our borders.. so the govt. allows foreigners in under the guise of 'suring up' our population...aiming to have a base of strength that may be able to repel an invading force..>>>
mdoinit - Pretty stupid reason when considering that the Romans tried that same policy 1600+ years ago, and lost their entire empire because of it.
During the 1980's, the federal labour government/s couldn't let in enough Vietnamese boat people, in the shortsighted hope they would all become labour supporters. |
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By: patriotaus
6/05/2008
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| well after all the good work the comrads did trying to convert them first they would have been well on there way to being good labour voters. |
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By: buzzanddidj
6/05/2008
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'How about a referendum on Immigration'
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I assume you include English and NZ immigrants, who make up the largest numbers ?
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By: pathos065
7/05/2008
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| Why not, lets just see what the electorate wants, do we want to keep Australia balanced and socially content or flushed down the multicultural sewer. |
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By: buzzanddidj
7/05/2008
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'Why not, lets just see what the electorate wants, do we want to keep Australia balanced and socially content or flushed down the multicultural sewer'
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Gave yourself away there
It's not about migration levels, is it ?
More about different colours and cultures on what you still perceive as New Britain
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By: pathos065
7/05/2008
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| "Gave yourself away there" No I beleive in a fair and even handed approch to the subject, not having things shoved down my throat and told to accept it and like it. Multiculturalism has always been the failed joke! |
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By: buzzanddidj
7/05/2008
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'Multiculturalism has always been the failed joke!'
Multiculturalism began in Australia on 18 January 1788.
I can't see it going away |
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By: jackmountain36
7/05/2008
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| immigration. social division and factory fodder. i don't blame alot of them for wanting to do crime, factory work is slow death. |
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By: totoncorner
8/05/2008
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We have a skills shortage at the moment and that is one of the reasons for immigration. Int the UK the Australian government is holding huge emigrate to Australia fairs and they-the British are lining up to enquire. Depending too what kind of visa they manage to get , some of the migrants pay for their children's schooling in state schools,(bringing in children is good too) can't use medicare for 2 years etc. So they pay for a visa and then there is the extras so we are making money from migrants,they then contribute with there skills and hopefully take up citizenship and I think you will find that many do.
we do need to make sure that young Australian's are given the training opportunities too. |
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By: greatgranswisdom
8/05/2008
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<<<'Multiculturalism has always been the failed joke!'>>>
Correct.
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Mistaking words for deeds is a common enough trap. But Andrew Robb did something altogether different on Monday when he took another careful step towards dumping multiculturalism.
Robb, the parliamentary secretary for immigration and multicultural affairs, prefers to talk about forging a shared national identity made up of core values that unite a people from diverse cultures. By effectively rejecting the old M-word, Robb is not playing word games. He is trying to dislodge the multicultural mentality that was imposed on the nation more than 30 years ago. But it won't happen until the Howard Government formally ditches multiculturalism, a deliberately slippery word.
As a descriptor, multicultural fits nicely. Australia is a brilliant mix of people, a young country that has successfully integrated more than 6.5million migrants from more than 200 countries. But once the "ism" was added to multicultural, an accurate adjective morphed into a philosophy: although originally based on fine notions of tolerance and inclusion, it ended up separating people according to culture and eschewing any criticism of minorities.
This end result is what historian John Hirst calls "hard" multiculturalism. It rejects any expectation of integration and notions of core values. It promotes Australia as a series of Balk *** ed statelets. The softer form respects difference but expects migrants to unite behind a few core beliefs. The confusion between versions has allowed hard multiculturalism to endure. That's why the word has to go.
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867 ,20838087-32522,00.html
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Now we have Kevin......so far no clear evidence of Europhobia. |
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By: greatgranswisdom
8/05/2008
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<<<More about different colours and cultures on what you still perceive as New Britain>>>
This was hardly a perception when my forbears arrived during the 19th and 20th century from Britain...but also from Ireland, Holland, France, Germany, Poland, and Lithuania.
They liked it as it was.
They integrated into a pleasant cohesive society.
Multiculturalism opposes integration.
The original copied comment is clearly racist, and provides an excellent example of Anglophobia. |
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By: yodaiz
8/05/2008
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Since 1900 Australia's population has had 30% of the population born overseas.
We need immigration to build the population, as Australia's birthrate is too low.
Without immigration, the economy would go into a rapid decline and loss of living standard's would result.
Sure immigrants can be a little clique-y but by the time you get to 2nd and 3rd generation, they are as Aussie as the racists who complain about them.
It is natural for them to stick together in a new country, look at Earls Court in Britain, Aussietown.
Please note: Everyone not of indiginous blood is an immigrant or descended from immigrants. |
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By: bias0007
8/05/2008
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<< We need immigration to build the population, >>
Why ?
<<the economy would go into a rapid decline and loss of living standard's would result. >>
Got any proof of that ? |
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By: white.fella_returns
8/05/2008
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| Living standards have dropped in my home town with the influx of migrants, Communication is harder, pollution is higher, cost of living is higher, hospitals are over crowed, traffic is congested and i can no longer buy Lamb roasts at the super market. |
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By: gibbot5000
8/05/2008
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| You're an idiot. |
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By: buzzanddidj
8/05/2008
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'You're an idiot.'
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The WF is all over the place tonight
Some BS story about lamb roasts |
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By: white.fella_returns
8/05/2008
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| its been so long since ive has one, ive asked at the supermarket and they said they dont do them anymore |
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