Lets take a look at how this country has changed by
taking a few steps back in history:

While Australian television shows of the past like
"Skippy"" (about life in a national park as seen
through the adventures of a tame kangaroo) were
popular, the character of the Aussie housewife was
mocked by the clever comedy skits of over-the-fence-
natter by the Australian actress Dawn Lake.

"You tell 'em love" became the symbol of the tea-sipping-
hair-in-curlers-gossip-over-the-fence-brigade.

Later, this humour was turned to the "Ocker" male, in
the style of Graham Kennedy and the writing of Nino
Culotta and the city suburbs became the backdrop for the
new Aussie image. Then the language of the pub-crawling,
hard-working, dry-witted Aussie gained popularity.
"You drongo", or "He's a galah", became the accompaniment to
the traditional "bloody bastard".

The suburban life and well-being of Australian society became
the butt of many jokes, and the intolerance towards "new
Australians" and "coloureds" was sent up as an unjustifiable
prejudice.

It was not until the 1970s that the Ocker Aussie was
packaged for world consumption in films and comics, but once
done, the exaggerated image of "Bazza (Barry) Mackenzie" became
one which many Australians were no longer so proud of.

This critical self-consciousness became - more and more
apparent in the late 1960s, and it forced both politicians and
the public to revise not only policies but also many of their
long-held and cherished notions about themselves and the
rest of the world.

Sorry for being the odd one out but I really have absolutely no interest in being part of the immigration experience.

Misopinionated,

What, you're going back to where you came from ?

Do you reckon it will be all-uniformity back there ?

Joe

welfare is good and those who choose to not be employed, of whatever colour and for whatever reason(s), should benefit from this option.

davidf, loudmouth2, Mr Opinion & Paul1405,
Any chance of getting your opinion on the above line from Yuyutsu ?

individual,

I think Yuyutsu is just having one of those moments when reality and imagination have become fuzzy and indiscernible.

Individual,

Of course not. If someone is able-bodied, and free to work, and there is work in the neighbourhood, then they should be taken off welfare and given the address.

It used to be that way forty and fifty years ago. Currently, horticulturalists in the North can't get enough fruit-pickers: they need many thousands, otherwise fruit will just rot.

Welfare payment is surely a conditional right, only available if there is no alternative ? If there is work available, then people do it, if only to get some self-respect.

Joe