Indyvidual,

Yes. But I would add the Liberals to the-do-not-vote list; they are so little different from Labor.

John Howard dragged the immigrants in: even though he said we would make the choice as to whom they were. Since then, Liberal Leaders have drifted to the Left. The current one is pathetic.

I won't presume to tell other people how to vote, but as a conservative/right winger, One Nation is my first choice, with the major parties on the bottom. It might take a while for the majority to catch on to what the two-party system is doing to them but, if there is any sense left in them at all, change will eventually occur.

.. regional Australia do want and would welcome increased immigration numbers ...

WTF? - Not Again,
Either you're not quoting the Mayor fully or he's not allowed to state which immigrants the'd need & preferred ! I'm certain that the locals would need to have a say about that.

WTF?

Indyvidual states: "Either you're not quoting the Mayor fully or he's not allowed to state which immigrants the'd need & preferred."

I'm sure the Mayor is smart enough to know the countries of origin of immigrants to Australia. He makes it clear that regional Australia wants the current immigrants.

Yes I've quoted the Mayor directly and he has much more to say about it and you can easily find this if you want to. He clearly states which immigrants they need and prefer.

Why would he "not be allowed" to say that?

This is just another example where evidence dumps ignorant opinion into the rubbish bin where it belongs.

Why would he "not be allowed" to say that?
Yes, WTF? - Not Again, is the correct answer to that.

Sure, WTF, you can always find successful case-studies of migration into regions. But fundamentally, 70% live in the big cities, 40% live in Sydney and Melbourne, and 2/3 of Albanese's massive 400-500K immigration always gravitate to Sydney and Melbourne. Decentralisation is a myth.

By ignoring these facts, the author of this article is just pleasuring himself, and making the problem worse. Even woke Canada has turned its back on open-borders mass-migration, but not stupid Australia.

Steve S,
I think you've missed my point. Most Australians are aware that too few immigrants move to regional areas and there does not seem to be any policy moves to address this.

My response was to highlight to a regular poster, ttbn, that "Small, peaceful communities don't want their lives ruined by multiculturalism" is totally not supported by factual information available to anyone willing to find out.

And also "doesn't mean that they would tolerate the foreign invasion".

These are just emotive responses that do not help move this discussion forward.

This is an opinion discussion site. Opinions, however, should be based on factual information and I have provided factual information to ttbn to totally debunk his emotive opinion.

The reality is that regional areas want immigrants to move there for a whole range of reasons. Regional areas can only do so much to encourage migration. The failings of successive governments to address this issue does not devalue the desire of these regions to embrace new immigrants to their towns and cities.