Angus Taylor launched in part, the new Liberal Party policy on immigration. The policy is based on a vague concept of "Australian Values". According to Taylor a values test would be added as a legally binding requirement in the Migration Act, and be a visa condition, a breach of which could result in visa cancellation and the "booting out of Australia". Given all the visa requirements and ministerial powers in place now, is it necessary? The policy appears to be an attempt to win back dissatisfied Liberal voters from One Nation.

Yeah, the last thing we want to do is bring in people who are going to live by our values!!

So what are 'Australian values'?

And when some fool says 'supporting Israel'
I'll point out that 'supporting Israel is not a value'
- That's loyalty to a foreign power.
And ask 'What values does Israel represent that you support?'

Values.

Any takers?
Do we have any hands?
Does no-one wish to be that fool?

C'mon there's got to be at least one here!

Don't be scared of your 'Australian values'

"And when some fool says 'supporting Israel''

There's only one fool saying that AC. Check the mirror.

Hi Trumpster,

I'm not sure exactly what the new Liberal party's Australian values statement entails, considering there's already a legally binding values statement within the visa application process. Here is what the applicant commits to;

* respect for the freedom and dignity of the individual;

* freedom of religion (including the freedom not to follow a particular religion), freedom of speech, and freedom of association;

* commitment to the rule of law, which means that all people are subject to the law and should obey it;

* parliamentary democracy whereby our laws are determined by parliaments elected by the people, those laws being paramount and overriding any other inconsistent religious or secular “laws”;

* equality of opportunity for all people, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, race, or national or ethnic origin;

* a ‘fair go’ for all that embraces:

* mutual respect;

* tolerance;

* compassion for those in need;

* equality of opportunity for all;

* the English language as the national language, and as an important unifying element of Australian society.

Is there anything you disagree with in the statement as it stands, or would like deleted or added? Or is it just dog whistling to those voters deserting the Noalition for One Nation.

I think that at least Angas Taylor is doing better than Sussan Ley in trying to correct the paradoxes within the Liberal Party. It still probably isn't enough. One major problem with the Liberal Party Constitution is that it doesn't allow members to explicitly support the founding people of Australia without being banned from the Liberal party like Pauline Hanson was so many years ago. The reason that the voters are not supporting the Liberal party is for the same reason that Hanson was ejected. Even today Hanson wouldn't pass the "character test" for the Liberal Party. But what political party wouldn't allow the founding people and identity (including genetic identity) of the nation the right to exist. Every people has a right to protect their identity as they see it, (there are different levels of impact on identity)(hopefully they don't infringe on others identities when they do it), a nation is critical to this, so every culture needs their own nation.

Also I'm still not convinced that the dominant Libertarian faction is willing to give up power, or change their perspective, to maintain electability. The Liberal party needs to bring in more Traditionalist's that are more in line with the electorate.