Jay of Melbourne,

You are so right. Who could fault such a rational observation?

You have confirmed the sentiments of many of we settlers. I don't think anyone would object to migration [ well, maybe the Greens ] under the terms you set out. In fact, we'd welcome it.

I think the majority of Australians simply object [ and with good reason] to being abused by the system allowing illegals coming here with very little scrutiny, and jumping the queue of migrants who can prove they can offer something to our economy, instead of bleeding it.

We supposedly have a quota for those who are genuine refugees, and who are patiently waiting in camps for approval to come here.
In some cases these people have very little materially to offer, but have taken the necessary steps to legally apply for permission to come here. They too must feel great resentment that the queue jumpers can get in so quickly because the illegals can afford to pay a smuggler.

Any government who promises to halt this immediately, and follows through immediately on that promise has my vote for sure.

Oh yes, and all those illegals should be immediately returned to their country of origin! Also en masse, not a few at a time on a chartered plane

I concur completely with your comments JAY of MELBOURNE.

If any single issue is slowly diminishing our Aussie culture, and way of life, much like a virulent malignancy, It's government orchestrated Political Correctness. Where the last vestiges of free and open speech, is heavily restricted even banned.

Because, political correctness is just another form of official censorship. Where the last relics of free speech are officially sanitized, in order to placate and mollify the many minorities and religious factions now holding some ascendancy within this hitherto, once great country of ours.

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Calling Bazz,

How many boat arrivals since Christmas? Still can't find any mention of the number anywhere.

O sung Wu,
There is no circumstance in the real world where diversity is a strength, "diversity is our strength" was a slogan created by the Jewish group Bnai Brith in the U.S.A for one of their advertising campaigns, one of Bill Clinton's speechwriters took that tag and changed it to "diversity is our greatest strength", the rest is history.
The whole concept of ethnic diversity strengthening a society is stupid, no sane person believes it but as I said, the pro immigration crowd don't want a society that's diverse.
Using a food analogy (because it's all about the food, right lol) their ultimate objective is not a traditional "bring a plate" buffet with a range of appealing dishes on offer, what they really want is a melting pot in which the only item produced is a brown soup which tastes of nothing in particular but which still keeps splitting and congealing into unidentifiable, unpalatable lumps.

Actually while I'm cracking wise with a culinary motif consider the following:
-At a buffet a normal person isn't going to take a piece of Pavlova and a piece of Zucchini Fritata, mash them together and expect the resulting mess to taste good merely because the main ingredient in both is eggs.
-21st century Politically Correct Australia is a "Clayton's" nation, people of a certain age will remember the Clayton's adverts for "The drink you have when you're not having a drink".That beverage was marketed with the idea that all is not as it seems, that because it's colour and packaging are suggestive of other brands of strong drink a teetotaller can pull a swifty and blend in with more "sophisticated" drinkers.
I don't drink alchohol, years ago probably as a joke someone gave me a bottle of Clayton's, I drank it and while it tasted pretty good taking it up as a regular tipple in placeof alchohol just seemed pointless. It's an expensive way to look "sophisicated",to "fit in", generally people who don't drink aren't concerned about the approval of their supposed betters, just being who you are costs nothing, pretending to be something you're not usually comes at a high price.
So it is with PC,it costs money to appear "sophisticated", to become "educated" and "culturally aware",you can't pull the wool over the eyes of your "Betters" who won't accept any substitute for the real thing, however it costs nothing just to follow your instincts and the lay of the land, just "be" where you are.

Hi there J of M...

Love your turn of phrase and your clever use of culinary examples in order to illustrate a point. Indeed, I do remember the Clayton's advertisment '...the drink you have when you don't want to drink...' !

Somehow, I think many of us are simply living in the past, because we really don't appreciate what our future holds for us. That's why we applaud so loudly whenever we see something of our past way of life.
I went to school by tram in Sydney. Later, (high school) a double decker bus. Everyone smoking away, on top, unhealthy sure !

A shocking admission to make J of M, but I'll be so glad that I won't be around to witness the total and absolute decimation, both our way of life, and our once great country. If I might be permitted to borrow a movie line, we're on the road to perdition.

Call me a fatalist even a doomsayer, I'd prefer a realist.

Many thanks for your superb contributions J of M.