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//Bad luck Shadow there's NO SECOND PRIZE!//

//Bad luck, there is no prize for last place either.//

You guys made me think of this:

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/610/253/184.jpg
Posted by Toni Lavis, Sunday, 26 June 2016 11:00:31 AM
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Toni,

You look happy in the photo.
Posted by Shadow Minister, Sunday, 26 June 2016 11:04:19 AM
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Hi Toni, it all depends how seriously one takes themselves on, what are we talking about this time, oh yes 'Open Season'. On the 'Serious Meter', I only score my sparing partner Shadow a 1 out of 100, but then again I only score myself 2 out of 100, and there are some on here I score even less than us two. I liked your comment and pic, I did laugh, which is important and I like to do often.

Cheers, keep well.
Posted by Paul1405, Sunday, 26 June 2016 8:21:43 PM
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Well looky here....

"Crime syndicates and people smugglers are involved in widespread rorting of Australia's work and student visa programs, according to whistleblowers and a former top immigration official.

The claims come as the immigration department is facing more than 100 allegations of corruption, including suggestions that some immigration officers may be supporting the rorting, a Fairfax Media and ABC 7.30 investigation can reveal.

Immigration chief Michael Pezzullo has referred 132 cases of alleged corruption involving immigration officers to the under-resourced federal law enforcement watchdog in the past 12 months, more referrals than the watchdog has received in any year since its creation in 2006.

The revelations point to a failure to deal with endemic crime in Australia's visa system involving some licensed migration agents and education providers, and a thriving cash-for-visa black market."

"A former Immigration Department investigations head has alleged "fear mongering" on refugees and asylum seekers has been used to deflect attention from the real problems in the immigration system.

Joseph Petyanszki, who jointly headed the department's investigation office between 2007 and 2013, said the department had ignored tens of thousands of cases of rorting perpetrated by migration agents and dodgy employers who game the student and work visa systems to allow foreigners to pay for entry.

Mr Petyanszki's investigators uncovered thousands of fraudulent visa applicants in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia. In most cases, no charges were ever brought."

""In the border security debate, it has been easy to deflect the public's attention to boat arrivals. But this fearmongering has totally ignored where the vast bulk of real fraud is most significantly undermining our immigration programs," he said.

The Fairfax Media-7.30 investigation includes interviews with two whistleblowers, and a covertly filmed sting, which captures a fixer saying that for $50,000 in cash per foreigner, his syndicate can create phantom jobs and visa sponsorship.

The revelations suggest corruption infects every level of the visa supply chain – migration agents, employers who sponsor workers, education providers and immigration officials. There is little effective deterrence for perpetrators."

http://www.theage.com.au/national/corruption-and-crime-syndicates-threaten-australias-border-security-20160622-gpp72z.html#ixzz4Cj5JWo9
Posted by Poirot, Monday, 27 June 2016 8:16:35 AM
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