Chris your "one dominant ethnicity" worked after WW11 with displaced Europeans because we outnumbered the newcomers, they were mostly like us in attitude, & they really wanted to make a new start & build a new life here. We gave them little but opportunity, & demanded a lot. It took a while, but we absorbed them & made them like us, & they succeeded.

Then came the first wave of Asians. There were more criminals & smarties among them than the the first lot, but most of them were here & had to make a go of it, at least in the short term. They formed ghettos, but became a bit like us & sort of integrated. The balance of "us" was stretched.

Of recent times a very large percentage of new comers are given far too much. This generosity has attracted a hordes of bludgers, not here to build a new life, but to get what they can for free. There are far too many of them, & not enough of us left as a percentage to absorb & assimilate them. They form large ghettos, with an Ozzie not welcome sign on every face. My last time in Sydney I felt unwelcome & threatened when I stopped for coffee in an old haunt.

There are no longer enough of "us" to absorb what is here. Bringing in more will make a horses ass of Australia & being an Ozzie will be a distant memory of better times.

//the era from 1972-to the present was infected with !//

Alright, I'm curious... what is the special significance of 1972?

//Your mentality will be looked upon as a very negative one//

Being a fan of the works of Douglas Adams? I'm sure it's already frowned upon in some circles. Some people don't take too kindly to folks what like readin' books and doin' sums and suchlike... but you wouldn't know anybody like that, would you individual?

China has flooded Tibet with Han Chinese so, that now, Tibetans are becoming a minority in the own country. China did the same thing in part of Mongolia, where the original population is now only 16% of the total population. Given our politicians' closeness to China and their insistence on mass immigration, the same thing could happen here. Australians are in big, big trouble.

Alright, I'm curious... what is the special significance of 1972?
Toni Lavis,
That's when too many Australians chose to turn left instead of staying on course !

Hasbeen, i have always favoured a diverse immigration source base.

Relying on one or two countries is wrong in my view.

In addition, old day immigration was to boost manufacturing and low skilled work, but many new migrants come here with skills which is another aspect that can rightfully annoy Australians. It annoys me.

We should reduce our immigration numbers dramatically, say 100,000 when times are better (not now), and train and encourage Aussies to take up work