Luddy I don't know why you talk to that poster.

It is obvious that she, & a few others, are not interested in any subject, just in scoring the odd cheap point, usually with nothing to do with the subject.

This is a serious subject worthy of serious discussion. The question of whether we should let these people enter the Torres Strait islands has reparations for all Ozzies.

There is no doubt that we are degrading the species with western medicine. We are supporting all types of people, with defective systems, through to breeding age. In our natural habitat many with simple diseases such as asthma, diabetes etc. would never have survived to breed. Now they do, & the explosion of these problems is greeted with surprise.

My ladies mother has so far passed asthma to 2 kids & 6 grand kids. Our generosity in these things could well be the death of the species.

That should fix it, I've now killed off 8 billion, leaving you for dead. [did you like that one? I'm not sure if I am proud of it].

rehctub,

"Can't help but wonder if this outbreak in PNG has come from the illegals given that poor young fellow has all but died from a cut foot..."

I challenge you to walk through raw sewage with a cut foot and then receive improper care - and see how long you last.

Note - that Australia's offshore camps sport state of the art open sewers.

rehctub, since you raised a favourite hobby horse of yours and the other 'Usual Suspects' on OLO, namely asylum seekers <<Can't help but wonder if this outbreak in PNG has come from the illegals>>. Don't take Poirot word <<I challenge you to walk through raw sewage with a cut foot and then receive improper care - and see how long you last.>>
This is what that red ragger Admiral Chris Barrie, the defence chief in charge of boarder protection under Howard had to say. Barrie described detention centres as "jails" and said the policies enacted by Immigration Minister Scott Morrison were a "mess that reflect badly on all of us".

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/former-defence-force-chief-chris-barrie-slams-asylumseeker-policy-20140904-10ccgp.html

If you ask me that outbreak of TB is from our Leftie morons talking so much crap.

Rehctub "Can't help but wonder if this outbreak in PNG has come from the illegals given that poor young fellow has all but died from a cut foot. The first step in stopping TB from entering Australia woukd be to stop people coming here, legally or illegally. "

And therein lies the real reason for this thread.
So utterly transparent.

Are we also going to ban all tourists who want to visit Australia after having been to New Guinea?
Are we going to ban all our Aussie citizens from going to work or on holidays on PNG, or at least ban them from returning home here after they have been there?

Or is this all just about not letting those nasty, disease-ridden Papua New Guinea people come to Australia?

More likely, the European nations that have descended on PNG over the years have caused far more disease and death to their native peoples than they could ever do to us....

I'm not sure what more there is to do. There's billions being spent already on the search for new antibiotics and variations on old ones, TB is far from the only XDR infection developing.
Until there's a real and deadly pandemic actually happening the Australian public won't support any form of restrictions, but once Aussies start to die then they'll support almost anything, no matter how draconian.