LOUDmouth,

Just admit it, you just don't want to accept that we are now part of an Asian present.

Embrace your Asianess LOUDmouth.

PS There are two street photos: Sydney parade and Flinders St tram stop.

Mr O,

you know I am fair. Or do you?

Joe wins on this one. You are using selective evidence.

Take the defeat like a man.

Misop,

'Part of an Asian present' ?

Of course, we are - Indonesian, Vietnamese, Filipino, Thai, Indian, Korean, etc.

Wonderful.

Otherwise what are you proposing ? That Australia revert to a bogus 'white Australia', some sort of outpost of Europe, and more specifically Britain, and more specifically England ? It never was exclusively so, and never will be.

I expect that in a few years, Indian immigration will greatly outnumber Chinese. I suppose you'll find something to whinge about that too. You may need to look up something which deals with the sociology of India - this might be an introduction for you:

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/006996677200600108?casa_token=m4XVvlQgMsAAAAAA%3AITz0eXnReyj6yneOLEezDLYbOyN6SaP1leQJqBjYf-I_LeHxr7OScAReg2c0y2H8OhGfoJdihq97sLA&

There are similar works on most Asian countries, but you'd topple of your village wall if your head got any more over-loaded, so take it slow.

Joe

Joe,

in piece i am writing on immigration, i do argue that the dynamic nature of Australian society to evolve would be maintained/enhanced by a diverse migrant intake from various nations.

I argue for numbers of Indian and Chinese migrants to be kept in check.

What is your view on a reliance on Chinese and Indians, currently 40% in 2018-19.

will help me polish up a very difficult topic to write about.

Chris & LOUDmouth,

You need to embrace your Asianess otherwise you will become known as Asianisation denialists.

Misop,

Australia will always be somewhat closer geographically to Asia than to Europe. [It's a pity that you've never studied geography. Or anything, probably].

Chris,

Of course, there's permanent and temporary immigration.

Permanent immigration (still mostly British/Kiwi) will be down around forty thousand this year, and take many years to re-bound back to pre-Covid levels. We might be crying out for skilled immigration from Asian countries again in a few years.

But without immigration, Australia's population will barely rise at all, which might please the 'Small Australia', ZPG people, and Little Britishers - but might also mean that Australia's population proportionately gets older, a bit like Japan's (and for similar reasons).

I think that Asian immigration is a golden opportunity to keep our population young and vibrant, diverse and relatively trouble-free.

Go for it, Runner :)

Joe