What don't you like about Australia?

[Ants]

Re: What don`t you like about Australia?

Whats wrong with Australia?

TOO MANY POMS. **** OFF BACK TO $HITS VILLE. NIce enough people . I just dont want you's ruining MY culture ie watering it back down with boring english minutae. That goes for every overbearing culture from somewhere else . Im trying to make australia unique for people like me and others who dont have any where else. This double nationality stuff is just "have yr cake and eat it too" stuff.

2nd. Aussies fear of MINORITY cultural benefits and obsession with MAINSTREAM, BOUGHT UNREAL culture.

 

[swingstar]

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I'm not as 'proud' to be Australian as I once was. I don't know if it's just because I've gotten older or things have changed. After I see the world my feelings might change, but I'm not that big on Australia (or patriotism at all) anymore.

 

[visual]

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My parents are migrants of Italy. I love the culture, food, language and many more things, of course its natural being brought up in a multicultural area (western Sydney) that you say your Italian, but in the World Cup i wanted Australia to beat Italy as this is my country. But i dont neglect the italian way of life, as it has many positives to embrace.

But true to my heart im Australian and it is a fine country.

What annoys me is calling yourself a nationality and not knowing even how to speak the language

Ageo,
I can totally understand what you are saying,but everything you love as Italian doesn`t actually exist in Italy.

And I agree ,ask anybody what they are and they`ll say this or that ,but they weren`t actually born there.One of my son`s friend informed me,that just because he was born here,he wasnt Australian!of course I informed him otherwise,and then waited for the phone call from his parents,they never rang by the way

 

[kerosam]

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nice thread....

1. The judicial system. Criminals get away easy... 1. distribute drugs, get caught and then go scot free cos the drug dealer pleads he is doing it to save up a deposit for a house for the family... 2. rape an innocent pre-teen girl, strangle her cold blooded and still have the option of being bail...no logic... i'm sure you guys can think of better ones... maybe i have a misconception of the meaning 'justice'.

2. This state government is dodgy. 1. the OBE 2. cover up of a baby's death by the state dept of community development 3. don;t bother to memorise history dates, just google them... 4. forget the small players, look after the big ones (Rio Tinto vs CAZ)... no decent explanation or whatever from the govt.

3. Property prices too darn expensive.

aaahhhh..... i'm feeling so much better

 

[bowser]

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I cant believe this thread, we sound like a bunch of wingeing poms.

If you dont like australia go live overseas for twelve months, you'll be back

 

[x2rider]

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AUSTRALIANS

 

[Porper]

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Whats wrong with Australia?

TOO MANY POMS. **** OFF BACK TO $HITS VILLE. .

To me the only thing wrong with Australia is people like you Ants.

Your comment above is not typical of Aussies luckily.You obviously have a deep rooted grudge against the English, maybe you should deal with it.If you are wondering, yes I am a Pom, and no, I do not live in Australia.I will be in Brisbane on holiday in a month though, so you best avoid the sunshine coast if you don't want to be around a Pom.

 

[wayneL]

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I like Australia.

I hate the Americanized version of Australia.

 

[Freeballinginawetsuit]

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After seeing a fair bit of the rest of the World.

Give me HOME any day.

2nd that, blessed indeed us Australians, lets hope all the shop signs still are in english in the years to come.

 

[warney]

Re: What don`t you like about Australia?

AUSTRALIANS

hmmm, still upset about the underarm aye?

 

[bvbfan]

Re: What don`t you like about Australia?

The stupidity of Australians in blindly believing politicians. Time for a major change from the two party system that is screwing up this place.

Fed up with Liberals, Labor and the Democra*s
Greens are too stuck to old fashioned ideas about things.



Oh and the underlying racism that is here

 

[3 veiws of a secret]

Re: What don`t you like about Australia?

The stupidity of Australians in blindly believing politicians. Time for a major change from the two party system that is screwing up this place.

Fed up with Liberals, Labor and the Democra*s
Greens are too stuck to old fashioned ideas about things.



Oh and the underlying racism that is here

Haaaaaaaaaaa so funny and I have'nt had my gin and tonic yet and it's 9.10 pm ! you sound like your stuck in Tasmania are you an anarchist?....as for the stupidity of Australians ,at least we never voted in Georgie Bush, unfortunately we got 2nd best a garden gnome called Johnny Howard.

 

[3 veiws of a secret]

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1-Amanda Vanstone!
2-How the good looking bank teller girls always say "see you latter"!!!!!!
3-A Current Affair
4-Flies attacking the lobster I'm eating & I paid for!
5-VB it sounds like VD.
6-Moccasins!!!!!!!!
7-Blokes that talk about Ford and Holden.
8-Terms like Bonza!
9-Modern homes made out of blueboard to look like they are solid rendered!
10-Police baseball hats! just no style!

 

[Julia]

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the three week break in between the footy and cricket season. They should overlap.

Oh God, No. There's too much of both already.

Julia

 

[Rafa]

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Hey Snake...
Since you started the thread.... whats your thoughts???

 

[Ageo]

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Ageo,
I can totally understand what you are saying,but everything you love as Italian doesn`t actually exist in Italy.

Hehe Visual are you sure? having lived there and been there several times and my mum just returning i have to say it very much exists.

Being from the south (Calabrian) many things that we practice today are still done (to perfection might i add) over there.

If anything the younger generation of italian background are losing the culture (making salami, cooking, speaking italian etc..).

Like i said there is nothing wrong with embracing the positives but remembering where your place is (Australia for me) is always a must. Its funny here im considered Italian but over there im a Kangaroo! hehe

P.S 1 good thing about Australia is that we dont have mafia like in Italy, and no its not as "cool" as "The Soprano's" makes it out to be (although i like the show). Having to pay "2" taxes if your a business owner of some sought (1 for the government 1 for the mafia) is not a great thing to have. So we are very lucky in many ways of the lifestyle we live.

 

[Smurf1976]

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All things considered, Australia stacks up pretty well compared to the alternatives. That applies even to the less popular cities and towns.

But I do strongly dislike the absolute inability we seem to have developed in regard to thinking about anything in a long term sense.

For example, the water "shortage" in the cities is completely due to lack of proper planning and development and yet we hear constant propaganda, which many believe, saying it's unavoidable. Outright nonsense as far as the practical aspects of supplying water are concerned.

Or we hear that there's "nothing we can do" about petrol prices. Again, outright nonsense. That problems would arise was first established in the mid-1950's and proven, in principle at least, 20 years later. We had time to plan better public transport, not have a fleet of guzzlers etc. Meanwhile we sow the seeds of a future natural gas crisis seemingly without a care in the world.

Business culture focuses largely on short term profit and share price rather than building some sort of long term viable enterprise. Never mind that we could make $ billions tomorrow, we'd rather have just a few $ million today.

As I said, Australia does stack up pretty well compared to the alternatives. But we could be creating a much better situation for our future if we approached long term issues seriously enough rather than "we'll cross that bridge when we come to it".

 

[visual]

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Hehe Visual are you sure? having lived there and been there several times and my mum just returning i have to say it very much exists.

Being from the south (Calabrian) many things that we practice today are still done (to perfection might i add) over there.

If anything the younger generation of italian background are losing the culture (making salami, cooking, speaking italian etc..).

Like i said there is nothing wrong with embracing the positives but remembering where your place is (Australia for me) is always a must. Its funny here im considered Italian but over there im a Kangaroo! hehe

P.S 1 good thing about Australia is that we dont have mafia like in Italy, and no its not as "cool" as "The Soprano's" makes it out to be (although i like the show). Having to pay "2" taxes if your a business owner of some sought (1 for the government 1 for the mafia) is not a great thing to have. So we are very lucky in many ways of the lifestyle we live.

Ageo,
I was referring to people who have been in Australia for 30 years and are still doing things like they were done then.And using the excuse that thats how it`s done in Italy.
As you yourselve said,the calabrian way,calabria is a region of Italy,it does not mean that how things are done in calabria is the Italian way,it`s a regional way,or local way but not necessarily representative of the Italian way.
If you ask someone from another part of Italy he`ll have his own way of doing the same thing which may involve a totally different process,end up with a similar product but it will be done his way.Italian is a term used by people to group us togheter ,but over time Italian culture in Australia has become an homogenized version of the many different aspects that make it up.Which in Italy would be unreconazible.

Still the people of Italian background are making choices as to wether they want to make sausages or other stuff why should that link either loss of culture or loss of ethnicity,think about it if anything they are helping to modify and adding to Australian culture.Imagine how they share the knowledge with the Vietnamese or Greek or whoever neighbours who may share some of their methods and so forth.

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

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Hey Snake...
Since you started the thread.... whats your thoughts???

Thanks for your responses so far...Some good points have been made by many here.

1. The Labour Party, two party system, and the way people are elected - career politicians.
2. Racism by Australians towards immigrants and especially racism towards Australians by immigrants.
3. People who say they are, for eg. Italian, when they were born here.
4. Dole bludgers and immigrants seeking MONEY because the system hands it out.
5. The command of English.
6. People believing the country should be handed back to the Aboriginals. (Actually in parts it has been, so no problem there)
7. Overweight people. (not hate, but think they should think about the situation)
8. Terrible customer service.
9. State governments ripping the citizenry off. (Where has all the tax gone in NSW?)
10. The hospital system and health system in general. One has to wait months to see a specialist - weird.

 

[yogi-in-oz]

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And then there's the constant worry about water. The most basic stuff of our existence and there's not enough of it. Whether this problem could have been ameliorated with better planning by governments is not a matter for this thread.

And then there is to my way of thinking a lack of care towards one's fellow citizens, little thoughtfulness or simple kindness.

Instead I continually see a competitive stance in so many people and an unreasonable focus on material accumulation. I've just never really understood the need for "oneupmanship".

Julia

Hi folks,

Two issues not on Snake's list, but opened by Julia above,
really do need some serious attention in Oz:

Truth is, we DO HAVE a huge established and RENEWABLE
fresh water supply, it just needs enough willpower by the
Federal government to provide the impetus to develop the
infrastucture for a water/gas distribution project, that will
droughtproof Oz and complete the gas grid to all states .....

..... Reticulate Australia ... !~!

----

Second issue is the lack of care towards one's fellow citizens.

It seems that Australia can afford many millions of dollars for
overseas aid ..... yet, we are still content to see the mentally
ill and those afflicted with addictions, homeless and roaming
the streets, causing a mountain of damage in their families
and communities ..... truly disgusting.

have a great day

yogi