Paul like American Republicans, even it seems Trump, some are employing these over stayers
On very low wages, we have first hand story's of members of this government being found to do so
I doubt, other than in the chook shed, will your stated party's/people gain much at all

Paul,
Firstly, your link has a paywall, see if you can find another.

Secondly, you are making a mountain out of a mole hill because the 64000
is an estimate at any given time, it is not a number of permanent stayers or annual number.

This issue came up regularly in the debate about boat illegals. Inquiries revealed that the vast majority were tourists who overstayed by a few days or weeks and then left after enjoying more of our sights and hospitality. Their numbers are replaced by other tourists who overstay mostly for a short period and continue spending their own money while here.

A breakdown of the figure is required to form any case for more spending to find the long term over stayers. Any that stay are illegal and criminals as they would require false Medicare number and Tax file numbers and drivers licence, etc. to exist in our community.

Often one sees news items where Border Protection and Police have raided brothels and other work places and detained illegals.

So all in all the matter is a strawman and no one is concerned, especially when the tourist industry brings in so much to the economy.

Philip S.,

I guess it is all a matter of perception in any
issue. I found it rather amazing that there are
according to the link over stayers who have
been in the country for 20 years. But fair enough,
that to you is not amazing. Perhaps ïncredible"
would have been a better word to use.

I hope our Paul has reported his "FRIEND" "Andrew" the illegal alien to the authorities for his overstaying his visor, so he can be deported, as Paul obviously thinks he shouldn't.

I guess it is nice to have some illegals in the country, how else would obnoxious fool greens find friends They sure won't find any in their political brother/sisters, or among the majority of Ozzies after starting his bulldust with "blowhards and hot heads".

Of course we believe every word he has written, after all Greens are known for their rigid attention to speaking the truth. Well to speaking the truth, if there is nothing else for them to say.

With supporters like Paul, no wonder the greens are on their way to the same destination as the Ozzie Democrats.

Dear Hassie,

What I don't quite understand is - if the Greens
are so insignificant and not any kind of threat
why do so many of you write about them and
obsess with them? Surely if they're so unimportant
then they and their supporters are not worth attacking?

cont'd ...

Dear Hassie,

Is Clive Palmer and his Party - to be reckoned with?
Will Palmer do for Australia what Donald Trump has done
for the US - Make the country "Great"? And Thanks to Dutton
et al, we don't even need to build a wall. :-)