The Golden Rule in Australia is that everyone should have a Fair Go
Banjo Paterson,
A fair go is when you help someone to get back from a dose of bad luck. A fair go is not when your good will is opportunistically exploited with the goal to out-breed you !
This plan is available in book form !

"I am sorry to see so much negativity coming forward in
this discussion."

It takes a significant amount of ego-centricity to assume and/or assert that anyone who disagrees with you is being negative.

You might want to live in a fairyland world where every immigrant is going to be a model citizen who contributes mightily to the nation, but others live in the real world where at least some of those immigrants are going to be problematic.

That's not being negative. Its being realistic. You should try it one day.

Disagreeing with up-themselves people is not negative: it's just the expression of an opinion different from the one that the up-herself/himself person thinks everyone should agree with.

Further, it is a total waste of time arguing with people whose values are not the same as your own. It's a waste of time for conservatives to argue with socialists; their values are just too different; and never the twain shall meet.

This is a good place for anyone to express his/her opinion. But, I've watched people arguing the toss pretty much since OLO came into being: and it is just a silly now as it was at the beginning.

I haven't changed my opinions or values; neither have all other posters who have been here for as long as I have.

Arguing with people whom you know are not going to change their thinking any more than you are is a form of insanity.

Frankly, I don't give a stuff about opinions that differ from mine, and it's quite OK for others to feel the same. At my age, I don't feel the need to argue with idiots and the ignorant, many of whom have not seen or experienced what I have; nor have they had it taught to them by a bunch of Commie teachers.

In my opinion, it would be a good idea if we all expressed our opinions on topics and left others to do the same without commenting on those opinions whether you like them or not. You aren't going to change anyone's minds, even if you have God-like delusions, as a few of you seem to have.

Here's an explainer on Australian immigration and asylum:

http://theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/21/the-opposition-says-australias-approach-to-refugees-is-too-generous-who-is-actually-being-let-in

My apologies.

Here's the link again:

http://theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/21/the-opposition-says-australias-approach-to-refugees-from-gaza-is-too-generous-who-is-actually-being-let-in

the central region of ancient Palestine.
Banjo Paterson,
It was only recently that I saw a map showing this land as Judea & Samaria. The word Palestine was nowhere to be seen.