pseudo-mouth,

What are your views on Sam Ibrahim getting deported after he was paroled?

Misoppinionated,

Fair enough. If he is not an Australian citizen, or has dual citizenship with Lebanon, then there would a case to deport him back to Lebanon.

What has it got to do with your favourite bug-bear of Asianisation ? Are you suggesting that Lebanese and Chinese are pretty much the same ?

Joe

Foxy,

I looked up the links and both authors are in La-la Land.

China could take Australia by sending shiploads of unarmed people here, we wouldn't sink the ships and as they'd conveniently run out of fuel as they arrived then we'd go bankrupt just feeding them.

On a more serious note, the submarine man doesn't seem to have factored in the very obvious need for bases and all that goes with keeping submarines afloat and I don't see the lengthening of Tindal's strip as worrying China in any way nor our acquisition of 200 anti-ship missiles.

The only deterrent would be a massive army.

pseudo-mouth,

Sam Ibrahim has lived here since the age of four.

He is a true blue Aussie just as much as you and Foxy.

I'm sure you would think differently if he was to send you a big Aussie "Allahu Akbar Mate!"

Dear Joe,

We are a nation of immigrants. Outside of Australia's
Indigenous people, we are all immigrants or
descendants of immigrants - some earlier than others but
all with an experience of immigration during the
foundation of modern Australia.

And as I've stated in the past, Australia is part of the
New World the world of immigrants, not part of the Old
World or the places they embark from. Nobody can afford
to be too precious about their position or entitlements
in this country because we all know that position and
entitlements are comparatively new.

Australia's immigration experience is also a broad one.
Originally it was predominantly Anglo-Celtic but after the
war our immigrants came increasingly from Europe and
in more recent times the mix has varied greatly and grown
considerably in numbers as well as in skills.

And all
these immigrant communities have made successful contributions
to Australian life including participating in wars, such as
the Vietnam war, and more recent conflicts, as well as in
exploration, innovation, medicine, science, educaton, health,
and many other fields- including of course - sport, music,
theatre, ballet, and the arts as well as business, and much
much more.

Foxy,

You left out the bit where the early immigrants went around trying to exterminate the indigenous peoples.

I'm all ears.