FrankU,

If Sydney is the harbinger of things to come then Australia has a Chinese future. Even Pauline Hanson stated this recently and this is one point I can agree with her.

Cashed up Chinese immigrants are what is keeping the Australian economy afloat. If we want to maintain a comfortable lifestyle then we have to turn the country over to the Chinese.

There won't be any great 'mix' as proposed be Loudmouth. There will just be a great majority of Chinese and other minor races. And the Chinese will control the economy and politics, creating social inequalities between the Chinese and the other groups.

If you don't believe this then I suggest you spend some time in Sydney and make your own personal assessment.

Belly,

"MULTICULTURALISM, throughout the western world, has been working toward us all being other than WASPs"

Very many of us are not WASPs ,22.6% are Catholic and an unknown but great percentage of us are predominantly Celtic, so that leaves 'W' for white and as very many of us have a few dark skinned ancestors then it becomes a small 'w'.'

I totally agree with Joe on this one. Australia is a successful multicultural society. That's not to say there has not been growing pains, or that all immigrants have been ideal. The secret to successful integration is to give new arrivals the opportunity to establish wealth in their own right, and Australia does that very well. There is no thought of establishing an underclass of poor immigrants to serve an established wealthy elite.

My wife is a first generation migrant, granted from a similar society with language and education much the same as what she left. She retains her customs which she brought with her. Her children still retaining some of the old world they were born into, but the grandchildren as they grow are more of the modern society of their birth than that of their parents or grandparents. Importantly the grandchildren's heritage is not completely lost and is retained to a certain degree.

Australia has an immigrant quota, and a refugee quota, as every country should have. Immigrants and refugees are often in very different positions arising from different situations leading them here.

Refugees are, by definition, exiles from very difficult home environments. It's likely that some would be happier to stay at home, but they can't. They have come to Australia less prepared, perhaps without English, or useable skills, which they have to learn. Yet their lives are at stake if they stay.

It's vital that Australia, and even New Zealand, maintains a refugee quota, that's our humanitarian duty. But we also have to understand , even sympathise, that their situation here is not necessarily willing, and that some will have difficulty, or reluctance, to spend the rest of their lives here. They have been unwillingly uprooted, while one could say that migrants have been willingly transplanted.

So what is very encouraging is how many refugees do their very best to come to terms with their new conditions and contribute to Australia, as Australians.

Joe

A culture that murders its unborn at alarming rates probably does not deserve to continue. Thankfully their is a kingdom that will last forever. That kingdom is based on truth, love and righteousness.

runner,

What the hell are you talking about? Looks like you must have went to ALL the same unis Loudmouth graduated from. And that's a lot of unis!