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+1.Dont know how old you guys are but they said the same about Greeks and Italians, now we love our dago mates. Asians were looked at the same but now they're ok too, Arabs and Muslims are the new challenge, watch this space.
+1.
Remember the joke, with Greeks playing soccer? "Don't give him a corner, he'll put a fish and chip shop on it!"
Point is, there is nothing to fear about our latest arrivals from Afghanistan, Iraq or Sudan. It will be the same next generation with Cameroons or Liberians or Hondurans or Bulgarians! And that is all I was trying to say - certain sections of the population will always live in fear of the latest arrivals and react savagely to any notion of actually welcoming them into our communities. And, it seems that some of those people react that way simply because it fits with their political leanings.
Eager,+1.
Remember the joke, with Greeks playing soccer? "Don't give him a corner, he'll put a fish and chip shop on it!"
Point is, there is nothing to fear about our latest arrivals from Afghanistan, Iraq or Sudan. It will be the same next generation with Cameroons or Liberians or Hondurans or Bulgarians!
All the baseball bats are currently aimed at Gillard Labor.
You'll have to do best you can with the feather duster.
Eager,
travel to Europe and visit France or UK (not the eiffel tower, but the real towns and suburbs; then try to write the above again;
in France (born there and lived there till move to australia), problems are happening with generation 3 at least of the initial Muslim migrants (and by the way, legal migrant at the time) the grandsons of the initial Algerian or African migrants;
Last two generation French by birth and educated within a much more integrating system than Australia..yet
Australia will sadly pay dearly its naivety....Just wish you were right and I could be wrong on that one...
Eager,
travel to Europe and visit France or UK (not the eiffel tower, but the real towns and suburbs; then try to write the above again;
in France (born there and lived there till move to australia), problems are happening with generation 3 at least of the initial Muslim migrants (and by the way, legal migrant at the time) the grandsons of the initial Algerian or African migrants;
Last two generation French by birth and educated within a much more integrating system than Australia..yet
Australia will sadly pay dearly its naivety....Just wish you were right and I could be wrong on that one...
FOUR out of five refugee households are relying on welfare.
And more than 60 per cent of refugees have failed to get a job after five years, according to a damning Federal Government report into the humanitarian settlement program.
A total of 83 per cent of refugee households now rely on welfare payments for income.
The greatest unemployment rate was recorded among new arrivals from Iraq and Afghanistan, with less than one in 10 able to find full time work and 93.7 of households receiving Centrelink payments.
However, to allow streams of people to come here with no ID and expect working Aussies to support them for years on end, pay for them to keep reproducing and keep paying for their children doesn't seem right or fair. And they have been known to use our free legal system to sue us...
All this while many of our own homeless continue on in their misery. I don't care what colour or race come here, but they shouldn't be living off the backs of working Aussies for so many years.
Let's hope Abbott can bring security back to our borders, help the genuine refugees and only bring in migrants who want to come here to work.
The report presents a mixed picture. Refugees are more dependent on Centrelink payments - not just unemployment, but childcare payments and student assistance.
They are more likely to be jobless than skilled migrants. If they are employed, they work shorter hours for less money, and have comparatively low levels of job satisfaction.
But the outlook improves over time. Over a five-year period refugees reduce their dependence on benefits and find jobs, particularly after two years of settlement.
Refugees also participate strongly in further education after their arrival in Australia. ''Most humanitarian entrants are strongly focused on creating a new life and studying for a qualification in Australia is an important step in this journey,'' the report concludes.
...sails 1 more crazy post like that and its the ignore list for you.
Yes, SC, this is what Sails said on the above:Oh, and you did not address the issue of our own homeless. I don't think there was anything silly about any of my post.
What about this comment do you disagree with?All this while many of our own homeless continue on in their misery. I don't care what colour or race come here, but they shouldn't be living off the backs of working Aussies for so many years.
You mustn't have ventured into the CBD for at least 20 years...Im in Melbourne, went to the city on Thursday to meet some clients, I hardly ever get ot the city even though I'm quite close.
I was stunned that almost everyone in the Melbourne CBD was Asian and I was told by my clients that Sydney is the same or more so.
Who said Australia was meant to be JUST FOR WHITE ANGLO SAXONS? What a terrible, terrible statement you made. In a more public place, such a statement could land you in very hot water indeed.I think we better just forget the idea that Australia is meant for white Anglo Saxons.
Ok, 'bye.We are in the age of multiculturalism and that's the end of Australia as we knew it.
As long as the participants are white Anglo Saxons, right?It's ok to be multicultural but we must be careful about who can participate, thats the hard part.
You mustn't have ventured into the CBD for at least 20 years...
Who said Australia was meant to be JUST FOR WHITE ANGLO SAXONS? What a terrible, terrible statement you made. In a more public place, such a statement could land you in very hot water indeed.
Ok, 'bye.
As long as the participants are white Anglo Saxons, right?
You need help.Eager do you deliberately go out of your way to pick fault with what people say or are you just a bit slow ?
Non of my comments were the least bit offensive or out of place, but you on the other hand
Joe Hockey's evasiveness on questions of economic substance really is a worry.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-06/labor-announces-federal-budget-sweeteners/3994230?WT.svl=news0
Another worry (and this goes beyond the Coalition) is the trend of politicians responding by throwing questions at journalists that they are obviously not in a position to answer. That too come across as evasive and agressive.
Eager do you deliberately go out of your way to pick fault with what people say or are you just a bit slow ?
Non of my comments were the least bit offensive or out of place, but you on the other hand
It would be good if Costello would come back!
I've just watched the interview and actually thought he was better than in the past.Joe Hockey's evasiveness on questions of economic substance really is a worry.
Fair enough on the policicy details themselves, but he was evasive about their own validation process of costings. He just should have said Labors parliamentary budget office and left it at that.I've just watched the interview and actually thought he was better than in the past.
Isn't it reasonable for him to not disclose Coalition decisions at this early stage?
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