Well “deny(ing) the vote to all those who pay no taxes” would cause a bit of a ruckus because that would mean about 40% of the population would be disenfranchised. Cutting of pensioners and other people who don't earn enough to pay tax doesn't sound fair to me – not forgetting the riots that would occur.

And, what about the cowardly GST that everyone who likes eating has to pay, and also adds costs to just about every commodity used by human beings?

As for briging in the 'right' people, why do we need to bring any people – there are no spare jobs for them; no manufacturing, nothing except flogging unecessary consumer goods, and growing food for people we don't need. The biggest emloyer is a bloated, also unecessary, public 'service'.

The claim that 70% of Australians are in favour of strong immigration is simply unbelievable! The obsession of academics with shonky statistics is one of our main problems. We can believe the opposition to Muslim immigration and existence because it is voiced every day by real people, not tricksters making a living out of inaccurate polls which, incidentally, rarely agree with one another.

Multiculturalism is getting to be the main cause for Australia's doom. Why, many people are asking, should I care about Australia when shite from all over the world are coming here, doing as they please and getting away with it while we actually pay them welfare to colonise us?

Politicians have rooted Australia right, left and centre.

Who would you like to exclude Gary, Jews Arabs, Islamist devotees or blacks? And I sort of agree, we should preference english speaking Christians as they, like english speaking Filipinos, seem to fit almost seamlessly into our culture, rather than stand off critiquing everything from some no go Islamist ghetto.

If Turnbul really wants to play his trump card, it can't be the race (migration) card, but rather, make his preferred plebiscite integral to the next election.

To fix that issue once and for all?

And given majority consent, open the way for an approved and binding conscience vote on marriage equality.

This will forever silence the critics on both sides, those who will never accept the umpires (parliament) verdict without a pleb, and those who want it front and centre as a divisive election issue?

He's already stolen half Labor's clothes, with an ingenious Labor like budget and wouldn't be hurt electorally if he took the rest?

Without question this is the most decisive issue, rather than whether or not the diesel fitter working in some God forsaken mine or outback station is an migrant or native born Australian.

And he could get some traction there with supported adult apprenticeships/cadetships and increased training for Aussies?

We are a nation of migrants and just don't need to offend without constructive purpose or valid reason?

Making migration a political issue is fraught and should be done differently, like say deliberately preferring english speaking Christians from wherever, with the approval of the bulk of Australians?

And in so doing, only offend a relatively small sector with a covert or overt anti Christian religious intolerance axe to grind?

By their fruit, ye shall know them!
Alan B.

the truth is that to bring in lefties is as destructive as muslim immigration. They have an entitlement mentality and think money grows on trees or by union corruption. Both groups trash this country.

The 70% in favour of migration is just not true, unless only inner city high rise residents are polled.

Perhaps 70% of our fool noisy academics may be in favour, but they are more interested in what Lebanese academics think of them, than what we think of them.

I have not met recently anyone who believes in any migration, but there are many who totally against family reunion migration, & particularly of bringing in foreign new wives.

Security is about your physical safety and integrity - nobody is suggesting that security should ever be compromised.

But if you attempt to sneak all your private ambitions, such as to control the culture of this continent and force everyone else here to follow your own lifestyle, language and/or belief-system, under the umbrella of "security", then I am here to expose your dishonest scheme, as I am doing now.

Moronic article that shows just what an imbecile Gary Johns is!

Australia has never had, and will never have, any problem paying its public debt. All bonds are always paid on time, and they always will be. While it's true we're not currently in a position to eliminate the debt, that's not important. Trying to do so would be catastrophic for the economy at the moment, and with interest rates at record lows, it's not as if there's nothing we could do that's better value than paying off debt.

The drivel that disenfranchising those below the tax threshold would somehow benefit us financially suggests that the Australian Institute for Progress is just another mouthpiece for rich scumbags who want to entrench their power by making the poor poorer.

Australia's multicultural and that's as it should be.in the true sense of the word: everyone's entitled to determine their own culture, and that's how it should be.

And immigration shouldn't discriminate by religion, but we should bar those who oppose freedom of religion.