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"She'll be right mate" ...

The current govt supports rich get richer scheme.. its no doubt their supporters are more interested in a false economy of separating the advantaged over the disadvantaged.. the bust part of the boom cycle is just about to happen... just look at the dollar fall from above parity to 75c now.. dont even mention the pound... ... Im awaiting the bust up of this nefarious scheme that the blind and money hungry despots have managed to dupe the other blind and money hungry voters... a sad reality for honest hardworking Australians...

Yes I agree...that take is straight out of a post 3rd reich manifesto.. xenophobic and rooted in fixation on blame toward minorities. Its a typical rightarded ideology.

Such a pity he has never had a chance at claiming a premiership ...

Just look at Portobello Road markets, the area used to be run down, cheap housing, working class, spanish refugees from the civil war...turn the clock around and its now prime real estate and generating tons of quid from being a major tourist attraction..

@Paul I highly doubt Gujarati would be the main language in that school you mention. Just because the children speak it as a second language doesnt mean it will be a main language at the school. Perception isnt reality and the national curriculum is not run by Gujaratis. Which school was it anyway?

Somali youths .. yes there are isolated incidents with them... its a problem...they want to be lkke a gang...There are also isolated incidents with Bikie gangs... and other gangs... Hammerskins a supremist gang of violence..... These are not from refugee groups... at least im not aware So some Somali youths take to gangs.. Are we to conclude Somali refugees are pre destined to cause social problems via gangs?

Yes I agree that they should be assessed case by case however public opinion (and that which has been expressed on this thread) is that there is little care or hope in the world that they will get in here just because they are from Iraq, Afghanistan, Burma or (list African country of choice here). Im not disagreeing that refugee intake should be limited but Im seeing a blanket lack of compassion because the refugees in question here come from 'these' countries.

Yes but prospective 'migrants' and 'refugees' do not come under the same entrance requirements. We are talking asylum seekers and refugees here.

Dont disagree here paul... but my point that the commonwealth didnt originally see Oz as a colony because of its 'potential' resource sector.. it was seen as a penal colony. The worst of it being Van Diemens land.... (present Tasmania)

Yes but my point is how do we know these Swedes and Danes are not the 'wrong' people.. after all their ancestors were despised as evil invaders of Britain.... :wink: or are we turning a blind eye just because of what they are presently perceived as ... on the outside.. ?

The claim was more of a default as neither the French nor Dutch nor Chinese even before them..for that matter saw any potential circa 17-18 century.. and part of that was extreme distance to travel to....the convicts were sent as it was one of the farthest place on the known oceanic chart south of hemisphere.. colonisation was just a bi- product of convict settlement.. only later on was it realised and discovered ....gold etc...

Lets just say hypothetically...If a country like Sweden or Denmark had a political coup and refugees from that country chose to arrive as asylum seekers by boat, I wonder how many of you against the current refugees arriving from a more 'non desirable' 'non- european' background or culture.... would feel.

Dont forget that the history stretching back tens of thousands of years was almost eradicated in the process...in just over 2 of those hundred years.. and without the exploitation of abundant land resources.. yes we wouldnt be what we are now...

No .. But we can attest that the present western model has not solved the issue of poverty, homeless, economic racism .. despite the huge amount present wealth accumulation by the select few.

Its now the 21st century if you compare the chances of a baby born to a family of accountants living in Dalkeith vs a baby born to a displaced couple in the Kimberleys.. you do the math.. ...adapt you say?

Humans .. because wealth, the colour of your culture and govt policies that favour the richer classes with more assets dictate your survival chances..

Well according to Napoleon the pig in Animal Farm...

If you look back at the Vietnam war and the aftermath.. displaced peoples from Vietnam... the war and destruction of a country by USA and its allies including Australians .. are you saying they just put on a happy face and jumped on a boat looking for the suburban Aussie dream?

They are escaping oppression. They are not intent in continuing the oppression they are escaping from. Did the Vietnamese boat people bring in... "hate, incompatibility, problems, beliefs all over the rest of the world" to Australia in the late 70s? No they have been instrumental in introducing a hard working ethic.. more so than other 'migrants ' from western countries have brought in.

This is a list of employers to avoid... maximum gain for minimum sustainability ....

More... http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ukip-rising-star-right-wing-fanatic-4882361

And more... http://news.sky.com/story/1254256/far-right-dutch-mp-seeks-tie-in-with-ukip

Heres more.. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/01/ukip-suspends-election-candidate-jack-sen-over-racially-charged-comments

Great minds think alike @paulv ... :wink: Mustve posted this not long after yours ... Mods please merge