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The alibi of skill : Comments

By Jafar Jalili, published 13/8/2026

Spain's border failed in front of the cameras last week. Australia's border never fails, which is exactly why our numbers deserve a harder question.

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Rule by the “Putrid Dogs” of Canberra…A war against White Australians!
Posted by diver dan, Thursday, 13 August 2026 8:49:27 AM
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The Albanese government is determined to replace the population. They still have two years to do it, thanks to voters. Even now, with only 29% of the primary vote according to the non-stop polls, they could still get another term, thanks to the absurd voting system that voters either don't know how to use or are too lazy to use. This is why undemocratic compulsory voting should be scrapped so that only interested, intelligent people will vote.

The Coalition is fading away. One Nation? Does anyone seriously think that they are up to the job? In South Australia, where they won a lower seat and two or three in the upper house, they haven't made a peep, even though the Labor premier is always coming up with something new - the latest and silliest a costly investigation into AI that he could Google for nothing.

I like the idea of One Nation. I will vote for them. I admire Pauline Hanson's determination and common sense. But, Prime Minister Hanson? I just cannot even imagine that.

And, face it. The worst, lying, evil, Beijing obsessed PM ever is still favourite. Australia must be the wackiest country on Earth.
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 13 August 2026 9:35:15 AM
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As for immigration, numbers should be only what we NEED. Not how many houses we have. No family reunion: just workers. Deport people who are not using the skills that got them in. Suitable immigrants should have proof that they have somewhere to live before they arrive. No assumptions that they will get citizenship just because they have been here long enough. What I'm suggesting is, no permanent immigration, but a time limited guest worker system. Workers can improve their finances, then go back to where they belong and let another lot come in and do the same. We do not need a larger, permanent population.
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 13 August 2026 9:48:23 AM
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Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 13 August 2026 10:02:17 AM
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Right on Jafar, been saying the same for years, said it again here the other day. Up against Albo's annual 300K deluge of net-migration, genuine skills-in-demand principal applicants would be lucky to equate to 10%.

US, China, India, Japan, other OECD peer nations, none of these have mass migration in their economic platform. Only stupid Australia.

Divisive Albo would much rather replace the population than give in to the majority wish of the present population, for much lower migration.
Posted by Steve S, Thursday, 13 August 2026 11:32:32 AM
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An interesting and well-written piece. I don’t agree with all the author’s points, but it’s good to see a clear and dispassionate analysis of the data. And the contrast with Spain is valid. Whatever you think of our “stop the boats” policy, it means that almost no-one arrives in Australia without official permission of some sort. We don’t have compete control over net overseas migration because we don’t control emigration. But we do have the levers to make sure NOM does not balloon as it has recently.

I don’t have a problem with people in the skilled stream bringing (genuine) dependents. Not many would want to come here permanently if they couldn’t bring their spouse and young kids. Calling dependents “skilled” may be stretching the point, but there is evidence that this cohort as a whole makes a significant net positive contribution to Australia’s economy.

I do agree that the surge in temporary migrants in recent years is unsustainable, and much of the growth has been students. There is evidence that some who come here as temporary “students” have little intention of studying and are looking for a backdoor path to permanent residence. It’s not a pathway we should close completely - if people coming here to study acquire skills we need then they should have the same options to apply for permanent residence as someone applying directly from their home country. But there should be no preference for people who happen to be here on temporary visas.

I also think the author is right to look to those organisations in Australia than benefit from and perpetuate high migration levels, most notably our universities and some politicians. It is these we should blame if our migration is at levels that harm our wider community, not the migrants themselves.
Posted by Rhian, Thursday, 13 August 2026 3:38:49 PM
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