Belly, it is not illegal to listen to any transmissions.
It is difficult now as the transmissions are all igital and encryption
is available.
I am sure overstayers try to keep out of sight, so if successful it
might mean they are ideal immigrants !

Bazz not looking for a fight on this but my view is very different
I truly think over stayers is not the right word
Some clearly come here with the intention of staying forever
And we play no roll in selecting them
Seems for the same reason as boat arrivals, we want to say who we let in, they present a problem
In both cases however yes action to control both groups is underway

Hi Belly,

//I truly think over stayers is not the right word
Some clearly come here with the intention of staying forever//

Absolutely correct, the person I refereed to earlier did exactly that, he intentionally came as a visitor, this was in the 1970's. Firstly to sus the joint out, then to make a personal decision to stay or go. It was not an easy decision to make, family back home etc, but he chose to say. Later on he became legal when an amnesty was granted to long term overstayers. The fact is, although he was a great guy, everything you would want in a migrant, and I could understand his position, he did take a job and some benefits from Australians, without Australia's approval.

Dearest loverable Philly-Poo,

rubbish opinion, //other parties will ridicule them// what would change, other parties do that now.

rubbish opinion, //can be more easily kicked out of Australia.// Obviously not, there are over 64,000 of them.

rubbish opinion, //generally over stayers are self supporting// Generally so are bank robbers, one is stealing cash, the other is stealing jobs and benefits and also committing crime etc. Both are breaking Australian law. Its AMAZING how the hard right, like Philly-Poo will claim to be big on "law and order" when it suits them. This is the third one on the forum in a couple of weeks. There were the vigilant Nazi thugs at a demo, the Frank Bogan with his baseball bat, now its self supporting criminals. All these criminal acts are okay with Philly-Poo.

Overstayers can't legally work, employers get fined for employing them and can't claim their wages against tax. They also can't get medicare, unemployment etc, and most of them do get caught and deported.

I am sure that there are a handful that have managed to crook the system, the reality is that these overstayers don't take jobs or cost the taxpayers more than a tiny fraction of what the illegal boat people do. This is just another BS red herring from our resident left whinge extremist.

I have just learnt that immigration Office staff are offering incorrect advise to applicants yet the Dept. still accept the many thousands of Dollars in Application fees for each, knowing full well that the application will be unsuccessful.
As the advise is verbal the unsuccessful applicant has no leg to stand on. The integrity of the Australian public service is not what I was led to believe it was.
Will the Australian Conservatives address this flaw ?

Foxy,
Off topic but this may be of interest to you.

Amira Willighagen live on 702 talk radio (Live singing 3 songs)

On youtube and the only interview in English I have heard, and recent.