Migrants
In any discussion about how best to manage migration in this country, there needs to be a line. And that line is the same one that traces the borders of Australia’s coastline. Every single dollar that we spend on the essential and important task of looking after migrants in Australia, should be spent within the borders of this country. And Abla Kadous has crossed it.
The president of The Islamic Women’s Welfare Association has suggested the federal government subsidise regular travel for recent migrants back to their native countries, to visit loved ones, as they settle into life in Australia.
Not surprisingly, Ms Kadous has already copped a lot of flak for this suggestion.
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I love Australia Day. I love celebrating what this country is all about. But you know what I hate about Australia Day?
I hate blonde-haired, blue-eyed yobbos prancing about in the Australian flag who intimidate people who don’t look like them.
I hate the drunk bloke who told me in Chinatown the other night that I had the personality of a rubber glove (fair enough, that’s his view) but then turns to my Sri Lankan-born son-in-law and says the problem with this country is “the coloureds”.
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MBC says:
Hi Kitty, I happened to come across Kochie’s post today morning and couldn’t avoid replying to your comment. I am a Sri Lankan born who is a Student and who is looking forward to Live in this fabulous country. I have to say I completely agree with you that lot… Read more »
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Iulia says:
I myself hate Australia Day. It seems to be the perfect occasion for Australia’s bogans and racist idiots (of which there are quite a few, I must admit) to get together and behave despicably. Yesterday a family member of mine was verbally attacked by a racist for talking in another… Read more »
Here’s an offer too good to refuse. Start work at 6.30 – if you’re lucky – with no idea how many minimum-wage hours you’ll work.
You are there because your employer last night sent out a text message telling you there was a shift available. Every night you wait for your text to tell you if you’ll be working the next day or not.
You know that even if you ask for something simple, like a couple of days off for the birth of your child, there’s a solid chance your job won’t be there for you when you return.
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deb says:
i know a woman who worked twelve hours a day. rwo casual jobs.got to the point she was so tired and bitchy that she couldnt do either properly.she was sacked from one and nearly had a breakdown.couldnt see how to pay the rent ect…is this the aussie way? Read more »
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Gregg says:
It’s taken a while Ged for some mention of overseas markets and perhaps the reality is yet to be understood by yourself. The WTO level playing field principles mean that all that unequalness in wages is intended to be equalled and it’ll not mean that the people overseas will ever… Read more »
As our annual obsession with national identity reaches its peak, after weeks of debate into the meaning of red meat, high carb beverages and the quaint French phrase ‘oi, oi, oi’, here is one more idea to think about.
On Australia Day 1999 the Coalition Government introduced the reaffirmation ceremony to mark 50 years of Australian Citizenship. It’s a pretty simple idea where natural born Australians join with those who are taking up citizenship for the first time to recite the pledge together:
“As an Australian citizen, I affirm my loyalty to Australia and its people, whose democratic beliefs I share, whose rights and liberties I respect, and whose laws I uphold and obey.”
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Loskey says:
I think someone has a real chip on his shoulder, Everyone is a racist no matter what race you stem from. But it is far easier to call a white man a racist, Why?, because of a bad history of being racists. Just remember, ones opinion is usually a reflection… Read more »
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Dan says:
Joe, you really are a disgusting racist. The fact that the reason you don’t idolise the Nazies because they lost, not because they were racist genocidal murderers, says it all. You are an anti-semitic, Islamophobic, racist, white supremecist. I’m Jewish. I bet you wish that my entire family was wiped… Read more »
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