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Rethinking the White Australia Policy : Comments

By Andrew Fraser, published 28/9/2005

Andrew Fraser calls for the re-establishment of the White Australia Policy on racial groundsv.

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Matt S- not sure where you actually got your statistics from but I think you are somewhat off in reading that data:

Birthplace
Applicable to all persons (excluding overseas visitors)

In the 2001 Census, 13,629,685 people (72.6%) stated they were Australian-born. This compares with 13,227,996 people (74.5%) in the 1996 Census and 12,719,726 (75.8%) in the 1991 Census.

The number of people born overseas in the 2001 Census was 4,105,444 (21.9%) compared with 3,907,993 (22.0%) in the 1996 Census and 3,688,385 (22.0%) in the 1991 Census.

Of those born overseas, the three main countries of birth in the 2001 Census were:

United Kingdom: 1,036,245 (5.5%)
New Zealand: 355,765 (1.9%) and;
Italy: 218,718 (1.2%).

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@census.nsf/4079a1bbd2a04b80ca256b9d00208f92/7dd97c937216e32fca256bbe008371f0!OpenDocument#Ancestry

As a side issue this is some stats on the sudanese people in Australia based on the last census:
Qualifications
In 2001, of Sudan-born people aged 15 years and over, 45.7 per cent held some form of educational or occupational qualification compared with 46.2 per cent for all Australians. Among the Sudan-born, 26.2 per cent had higher qualifications* and 7.4 per cent had Certificate level qualifications. Of the Sudan-born with no qualifications, 49.9 per cent were still attending an educational institution.

* Higher qualification includes Postgraduate Degree, Graduate Diploma & Graduate Certificate and Bachelor Degree Advanced Diploma & Diploma Level.

http://www.dimia.gov.au/statistics/stat_info/comm_summ/textversion/sudan.htm
Posted by scooper9, Saturday, 1 October 2005 1:10:21 PM
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Skippy, thanks for taking the trouble to refer to my post on this issue. I had a problem understanding the points you made, perhaps you can help me out.

>>I disagree that “anyone should be allowed to demonstrate their bigotry,” for there is no inconsistency in being intolerant of intolerance<<

My point there was that although I disagree with the tone and purpose of Fraser's paper, I am perfectly comfortable with allowing him to publish it. This was to contrast my position with that of some folk who disagree with the tone and purpose of Fraser's article, and assume that their opinion is sufficient to have it banned from publication, or for him to be censured for writing it. To disagree with this point is to side yourself with those who believe it should not have been published, and the rest of your post doesn't appear to be consistent with this view.

You say later in the post

>>So one shouldn’t condemn those who hold such views so long as they’re not manifest in concrete law? So we should never attack political viewpoints, for most of these are just proposals for the future?<<

Well actually, that was my point. How do you know their views unless they are allowed to publish? How can you attack an idea or a viewpoint if you have no idea what it is? As I said before, in my view anyone should be allowed to flaunt their bigotry, if only to bring it out into the open so that we can see it for what it is.

>>Please, Pericles, don’t arrogantly assume that people who disagree with you have no mind of their own.<<

That was the part that really stumped me. I know perfectly well they have a mind of their own, and I believe they should be allowed to express their views and show the workings of their mind. It puzzles me that my posts come across to you that way.
Posted by Pericles, Saturday, 1 October 2005 6:31:02 PM
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Hello all that support the views espoused by the professor

Guess what? Australia was mostly non-European 220 years ago and will again be so maybe 30 to 50 years from now. (TUFFF!)

And the average IQ and standard of living will be greater than now.

Hello all that dont support the views espoused by the professor

He said it and nothing you can say will change the minds of those that support him.

Bye :O)
Posted by savoir68, Saturday, 1 October 2005 9:44:31 PM
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The proportion of Australian-born in many of the ethnic enclave suburbs in Sydney is 40% or lower. Given that many of those Australian-born would actually be children in migrant families, the true figure for traditional Australians in those suburbs would be much lower, possibly down around 20%. Many of those would be isolated older people. So the proportion of active traditional Australians in those suburbs is tiny.

http://www.domain.com.au/Public/SuburbReport.aspx?mode=&searchTerm=2134

The older Australians left in those suburbs find themselves living in a foreign culture.
Posted by JH, Saturday, 1 October 2005 11:43:40 PM
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http://shroudedindoubt.typepad.com/bag_of_worms_yet_words/
Posted by All-, Sunday, 2 October 2005 6:12:52 AM
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Savoir68, you have just confirmed that multiculturalism is suicide by immigration.
Posted by davo, Sunday, 2 October 2005 9:08:22 AM
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