Writing about the the pseudo changes to 457 Visa, among other things, David Flint wrote in the April 26 Spectator that "...immigration overall has to be subject to root and branch review involving the people, rather than the Prime Minister playing at the edges to impress the commentariat."

A very sensible comment, I thought.

ttbn Here we go again, the comments of that silly old anachronism David Flint cannot be taken seriously, at the best of times. For some the word immigration is nothing more than a euphemism for Muslim bashing, Do we need another thread for that? We have lots of them already.

Paul1405 - Quote "For some the word immigration is nothing more than a euphemism for Muslim bashing"

I put it to you that is your opinion which you are trying to imply is the opinion of others.

You are wrong Immigration is about the people coming.

There are good immigrants and bad immigrants.

To most people (there are exceptions we do have some racists in Australia as does every country) it is not about race it is about the individual, there are good and bad in every culture, basically Australians do not want the bad elements from other countries.

Bad = welfare for lifers, criminal thugs, rapists, and people who want to turn Australia into the country that they allegedly are seeking protection from.

Paul1405 is off again.

The Greens used to be interested in immigration. Especially from the perspectives of environment and sustainability, but city overcrowding and other issues warranted mention as well. Where did the emphasis on ZPG go? What about contraception and abortion? Only for Australian couples it seems.

But that is all long gone in the Greens' quest to hoover up the disaffected leftists from Labor. All to put the bums on Senate seats, to live lives in clover (overseas travel and golden handshakes), for the educated, middle class urban elite that are the Greens.

Greens senators, an exclusive club: all care and no responsibility and jolly good lifestyles. As demonstrated ably by the 'lights are on but there is no-one at home' Greens Senator Larissa Waters and her sumptuous executive electoral office suite with rooftop garden in hipster 'burb (not in the surrounding less well to do suburbs, mind).

And those very well off NSW Greens Trots, who do very well out of the taxpayer and the capitalism they say they loathe, while living in their million dollar homes off public money taken from the taxpayers who actually do produce things and services of value.

So it also stands without question that the Greens are not going to be worried about workers and blue collar workers . That is unless they are members of the CFMEU, for whose political donations the Greens vie with Labor.

So naturally enough, amateur funnyman Paul1405 as a self-proclaimed good mate and confidant of Lee Rhiannon, her spineless appendage hanging from her coat tails, Sh**bridge and other NSW Greens stirrers, would be grasping for his wooden spoon to do some stirring of his own.

Lest we forget though that there are many Australian nurses for example who have paid for their own education but have not been able to get the jobs that their continued registration and living depend on and all because hundreds of competitors on 457 visas are being used by entrepreneurs in health and aged care to break down conditions (and STANDARDS!).

That's right Phil you are correct, except I am not implying my opinion is necessarily the opinion of all others. There are those who oppose all Muslim immigration, based on the action of some Muslims.

"The Greens a fake environmental party because of their support for mass immigration and a ‘Big Australia’"

http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2017/04/greens-immigration-policy-create-big-australia/