Let those who have NEVER made a mistake cast the harshest words BUT beware people may start being more critical of YOUR past and present posts.

Whats wrong with them covering there arms if they wish, as long as they practice clean procedures. All this is another example how racist many Australians are. If you were sick you would not care where there arms were covered or not covered Ok!

Don't you think its about time we were more tolerant of other races and religions instead of continually putting them down. We are allowing more and more Muslim people into our sparse country and we do have plenty of room to spare. Another thing, they will bring new ways of preparing food, more peaceful resolution to domestic conflict in the home with their religious upbringing and values. Surely that will benefit everybody. Give them all a break for once instead of always slinging of at them!

To Poirot True Labour people never ever turn against there own Ok!

misanthrope,

As I read it, nursing staff have been required to have bare arms from the elbow down, as material from sleeves has been a major cause of passing on super bugs The idea is that bare arms can be washed, whereas material from sleeves can become easily contaminated.

To get around this, Muslim women have been given permission to wear disposable oversleeves which can be worn over their sleeves. These can be disposed of in the same fashion as disposable gloves. Hence, the risk of infection is reduced at the same time as modesty is preserved.

People are entitled criticise Labor if they deem its going in a direction contrary to its antecedents. OK

I'm prepared to throw the bouquet for "...I stuffed up", sonofgloin.

You deserve it if only for the rarity of such a statement appearing on OLO.

As for "What's Next?" maybe we'll get a new topic from Iftikhar soon...

misanthrope - There is a big divide between accepting other races and other races inflicting there beliefs and views on us.

Quote "they will bring.....more peaceful resolution to domestic conflict in the home with their religious upbringing and values."
Are you for real, riots in detention centers, millions of dollars property damage, numerous cases of sexual assault, intimidation, threats of blackmail, having to give them rewards as an incentive to take English lessons, destroying documents. The list is LONGER.

Austin Powerless>> Every time a muslim cleric rants and raves against Western civilisation, isn't that 'demonising'?
Double standards.<<

Austin you are succinct, it is about double standards and that is a perception that many have of muslim immigration. As colloquially as I can put it: we did not have Irish, Greek, Maltese, Chinese, Italian, British, Yugoslav, Baltic, or Vietnamese only time at the local council pool…but we have muslim only time now.

Detractors will consider that statement as petty and trifling, but it comes without racist overtones. If they had Caucasian only days at the local pool my sentiment would be exactly the same. The rule is based on the principal of exclusion and accommodating begets cultural isolation.

From the local council to government sponsored "muslims in the workplace rules," just the fact that we changed to accomodate muslims and no other ethnic or religious group is a travesty of the homogenous society that government should foster.

Some years ago I would visit a country client twice a year. For many years the plane arrived in the morning so my business was completed before noon. One year I arrived on the afternoon flight and the business was completed by dinner time. I suggested that we have a meal at a local restaurant:
“Sorry I can’t break bread with you because I am of the Brethren religion.”

I was so low on the totem pole that this man would not even eat in my presence, and didn’t give a tinkers cuss about it. We are exactly that to our muslim countrymen, and it will never change unless we become muslim…even then you have to pick shiite or sunni.

If you can exclude me on a principal that exalts you and lessens me, I don’t turn the other cheek because you will smack that one too, but I know where I stand. Many here don’t know where they stand.