Thank you for your opinion.
Lexi,
This opinion is not an opinion at all, it is a fact stated from experience. One of my mates is a psyche nurse & he only recently said to me "Now I know what you were whinging about when we mentioned academics since I had to start dealing with a few".

Loudmouth,

"Do you have one at all, Poirot ? Any principles at all ? Or do just like seeing your smart-@rse words on a page ?"

No more than you like seeing your smart-@rse words on the page.

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I merely made the observation that while the present numbers of refugees continues, Australia will be battling to stem the flow of boats.

In that case, it doesn't matter what quotas we set, they will keep coming.

Merely my opinion on the possibility.

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I hate to be the one to break it to you, since you seem to think that every question "must" be answered by every person you engage, but.....

I come here to give my opinion, not to be browbeaten by fellas who deem that an unanswered question = no principles.

Go and find someone else to practice your sneers upon.

Cheers : )

So you're saying nothing in particular, Poirot ? Nothing that one could not garner from a common or garden bar-fly ? Bla ?

Perhaps there are more intelligent comments offering in the saloon bar, I'll try there ......

Shadow Monster
The 457s have so little to do with skills shortages that employers are able to bring in people without either demonstrating a skill shortage or advertising locally.

individual,

You state that it's not an opinion that you're
expressing but - "fact stated from experience..."
I believe that you believe it to be true,
for you. Other people may have different experiences
and their "facts" will differ from yours.

The facts of the matter are that people in different
walks of life may interpret the same phenomenon -
whether it is a PM's policies, a religious doctrine,
their experiences with academics,
or anything else, in very different ways. In other words
people tend to see things from a viewpoint of subjectivity -
an interpretation based on personal values and experiences.
We are influenced by our background, training, education,
the influence of personal values and prior experiences as
well as what we consciously or unconsciously want to see.

If the world consisted simply of some self-evident reality
that everyone perceived in exactly the same way, there might
be no disagreement among observers.

Again, thank you for you opinion.

Lexi,
We here on Cape York must have done something wrong in a past life to get all the incompetent drabs whom you never get a chance to meet, hence your denial of them being a fact.
There is not much that is more annoying then being told by ignorant bureaucrats/academics as to what's best for others. Our lot doesn't go to your cities & dictates to you.