Dear Hasbeen,

<<Perhaps he does not consider our whole society is a victim, when the excessive progeny of Polygamy then has to be supported by the regular population.>>

Aren't you now describing Australian society as it already is?

As it stands, there is nothing illegal about one penniless man impregnating 4 single mothers at once, time and again, to be supported by the regular population without ever marrying any of them.

How do you propose that the act of marriage might worsen any of that?
If anything, it could increase the chance that those women would prefer to marry someone with money that will support them and their babies as well as limit their numbers once their financial abilities nears its limit.

Yes, the state should cease supporting baby-making at the tax-payer's expense, but this has nothing to do with marriage or the number of wives one has.

Yuyutsu, "the state should cease supporting baby-making at the tax-payer's expense"

Fair enough, but what about the direct and indirect costs to the taxpayer of mass migration?

Hi there HASBEEN...

Do you actually believe that Aussies are 'slow to anger' and when they do so, 'watch out' a veritable tsunami will erupt ? Thirty years ago I would've agreed with you but now, I'm not so sure ? The average Australian, provided he's got a job, watches his footy, has his few beers etc etc, I don't think he really cares ?

It's as if we all suffer from an approaching 'immigration' inertia or malaise ? '...As long as it doesn't affect me, who cares...'? HASBEEN, it's always been the Aussie way, hasn't it ? To be perfectly honest with you my friend, I think it's probably already too late ? Australia has advanced too far along the road of becoming, irreversibly totally multicultural. So I fear it's already too late ?

o sung wu,

The average Australian cares alright, but the prevailing extreme form of political correctness seen in this country ensures continuing censorship of that inconvenient reality. Also, that Australians are not being given the opportunity to vote on it.

The LNP should take heed of what happened to the Labor/Greens crew when they pretended not to notice the electorate's dissatisfaction with mass migration (Rudd's 'Big Australia') and the Greens' lunar open door immigration policy.

While the major parties might think it is smart to always pander to political 'Progressives' tub-thumping their multiculturalism to hopefully gather a few percent of the supposed swinging ethnic vote, not only is that an unreliable promise, but the government of the day WILL reap what they have sown when the electorate catches up to them at the next general election.

The electorate is only marking time with the tired options of Labor+ Greens or LNP they are presented with at polls and evidence of that dissatisfaction is presented daily where the public are questioned and not the usual talking heads favoured by the feckless media.

There will be more political instability. Because Labor, Greens and LNP believe that the public are foolish 'punters' (a contemptuous slur employed often) who can always be convinced and directed by spin. I believe that the majors are playing with fire and once their credibility is lost it will not be regained. Unfortunately, the public is losing faith in the Parliament and the processes of democracy. That is not good.

O sung wu,
You said, "The average Australian, provided he's got a job, watches his footy, has his few beers etc etc, I don't think he really cares"

I think you are right and the governments use sport, etc. to distract people away from politics.

But you are too pessimistic about the future. I have been advocating against MC for 40 years and I now see an opportunity for it to be dead and buried. Politicians are slow to wake up!

You may recall that the Howard stopped using the MC term and was willing to let it die naturally. The Rudd and Gillard governments did not push MC. Gillard floated the concept a couple of times but it did not get much support and was dropped. I have read a few speeches Minister Morrison has made and I believe there is every possibility that MC will be formally discarded. He has a couple of other things on his plate to deal with first.

I accept it is too late for the UK to change but there is still time for us. We have gained nothing from multicultural ideology and it was implemented to foster the original cultures of migrants. We can do without government sponsored social engineering.

I will take this opportunity to step up my lobbying activity, starting with Morrison.

Dear OnTheBeach,

<<Fair enough, but what about the direct and indirect costs to the taxpayer of mass migration?>>

The cost of migration to the taxpayer should be zero.

The current expenses are for preventing migration, not for migration itself.

If Australians want to bring in people, that's OK, they should be free to do so, but they must pay for it themselves (or the migrants, if they have money), not the tax-payer, including all direct and indirect costs.

Those who try to arrive by boat should neither be stopped nor rescued. If they do manage to come on shore alive, then they should receive no assistance from the tax-payer. They may receive assistance from churches, charities and kind individuals - which is fine. If they want to be assessed for a legal status such as refugees, then someone in the community needs to be willing to pay for that procedure.