Chris,

Have you been to Sydney recently?

If yes, how would you describe its demographic? I reckon it is akin to Singapore.

Dear Chris,

I wouldn't knock Albury-Wodonga. Had the best Conference
there one year - a while back, the best New Year's Eve
Ball ever. And let's not forget my old stomping ground
of Charles Sturt Uni. Can't beat that!

To Chris Lewis-

Gee it is hard to write about multiculturalism, especially when my argument will call for reduced chinese and indian immigration while maintaining my position I am not racist.

Answer-

Don't you think this conflict is intentional by those that seek power at your expense?
For me I don't see any way than to just accept the accusation as being a racist- but understanding that everyone else is too- but that doesn't mean that I engage in genocide. That's more than I can say of those that accuse me.

To me the Chinese and Indian immigration situations relate more to over-population than most. I suspect that the national elites sponsor a high population for plausible deniability in expansion.

You have to expect that these countries are seeking power rather than stability beyond their borders.

Foxy,

yes, I like Albury. Has most facilities and a lot less people.

And great scenery around us,

CM, I think a country must always do what is best to preserve its way of life.

For me, someone who likes our multi-ethnic character, it should always be about the numbers.

Whether we like it or not, there is always a risk with very large minorities.

For myself, to assume all is ok, is simply not good enough.

Yes, I would agree that government is increasingly pretty useless on the issue because they have been simply relying on large numbers of immigrants to boost our GDP.

CM,

So ...... the one-child policy in China between 1979 and 2016 was actually a devious ploy to give the impression that they actually had a one-child policy ? That the demographic impacts of one-child-per-family (or less) would be countered by, perhaps, a hidden population of several hundred million who meanwhile were being encouraged to have as any children as humanly possible ?

Can you try to imagine the impacts of one child, generation after generation, whereby - currently - each child has two parents and four grandparents to themselves ? That China will have enormous difficulties from now on trying to persuade people - themselves from indulgent, one-child families - to have more than one child, or even have children, or even get married at all ? So their population will decline quickly after, say, 2060, perhaps by half by 2100.

You could try:

http://ourworldindata.org/world-population-growth

If you search this site for any references to China and its population growth, you may find that its birth rate is about to level off, then decline - so that, in a generation or so, total population will also decline.

As for India, its birth rate is also declining, particularly as women gain more education (you don't understand that link between women's fertility and education ? Never mind).

The population of Africa as a whole will continue to grow healthily, perhaps tripling by 2100, while the population of the rest of the world will follow Europe and Japan's lead and slowly decline.

The only thing boosting Australia's population is immigration - immigrants tend to be much younger than average and have their kids here. Your grandkids will probably inter-marry with the children of immigrants. Probably from Africa. Beautiful kids :)

Joe

Fuzzy Micro statistics to distract from the Macro-

Fact China has the largest population in the world- who is responsible- China.

Fact India will have the largest population in the world- who is responsible- India.