Like Ive said so many times, The Manchurian Candidate.The most bizarre thing I've seen yet is Mal Turnbulls' son raising money for Labor in Wentworth.
Now I know why the ALP were immune from criticism in that final speech
The Apple doesn't fall far from the tree, why do you think Labor and the SMH are upset about Turnbull getting rolled, he was Labor's best assett.IMOThe most bizarre thing I've seen yet is Mal Turnbulls' son raising money for Labor in Wentworth.
Now I know why the ALP were immune from criticism in that final speech
To clarify, my point is the contradiction not about immigration itself.Remind us they stopped asylum seekers whilst running record rates of immigration.
That would be true if there was no way to buy your way in such that pretty much anyone with $, however obtained, can manage to become a "legal" immigrant if they jump through the required relatively straightforward hoops.Illegal immigrants vs legal immigration. Pretty sure the difference is more than political.
It's about time we got back to "organic" growth rather than the highly artificial population increase seen over the last 20 years.
Half the workforce can't get anything better than a part time, temporary or casual job. We should be giving the younger generations a chance to get decent employment that will allow them to raise families, rather than going for the "families in a bottle" approach of immigration.
That would be true if there was no way to buy your way in such that pretty much anyone with $, however obtained, can manage to become a "legal" immigrant if they jump through the required relatively straightforward hoops.
If we're going to keep the boats out, and I'm not opposed to that as a concept by the way, then we should also be keeping out those who simply buy their way in and who wouldn't meet the criteria without those $.
Plus any sensible immigration policy has as a fundamental requirement a target population level. Now can anyone tell me what the government's policy, or the Opposition's for that matter, is? What's their target population level? Without first answering that it's impossible to sensibly address the issue of immigration beyond perhaps accepting those on humanitarian grounds.
I'm not outright opposed to immigration. I'm opposed to what looks awfully like a case of one rule for the poor and a different rule for the rich.
With high property prices/debt level, insecure jobs... the average couple would be lucky to get any. Forget about organic population growth.
China's about to officially remove their one-child policy, replacing it with either two for everyone [not just the very rich] or more. The world's going to be turning Chinese over next two generations.
China removed the one child policy in 2016. The population birth rate was declining while the aged population was increasing, There's ~240 million old fossils in China ATM and that will increase to about 400 million in less than 20 years. With ~16-17 million babies born annually you can do the maths.
The drop is because the previous one child policy is now biting, with less women in the fertility range.
Buy thier way in? Can you give some examples of this? Do you mean investment? Sorry for my ignorance here but I'm lost on this one...
The most bizarre thing I've seen yet is Mal Turnbulls' son raising money for Labor in Wentworth.
Now I know why the ALP were immune from criticism in that final speech
I don't know who you are quoting here but there is such a thing as a "business" visa.
https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/visa-1/visa-listing#Working and Skilled Visas
I've heard anecdotally that some "business" visa holders come here, set up a shop-front that never trades, and use the business as a money laundering exercise.
Wasn't/isn't there a sponsored business migration program where wealthy asians could buy elite residency if they invested $xyz k ?
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