@JohnAndersonAC@HonTonyAbbott Migrants don't primarily come to "become Australian" (adopt the culture, values, institutions). Australia is attractive mainly as an economic arbitrage opportunity: higher wages, welfare access, safety, jobs, and resources compared to home.
@JohnAndersonAC@HonTonyAbbott Nice sentiment, but naive
Most migrants aren’t here to become Australian Australia is just the easiest route to wealth and resources
As our quality of life declines, so does the average quality of migrants. Why? It’s all relative
Classic selection effect in migration economics
@bobjcarr Australia was built on the principle of contributing more than you take — of going without so others in need could thrive. That principle, once proudly shared, is now ruthlessly exploited. Those unwilling or unable to make a net positive contribution are unworthy and unwelcome.
@AngusTaylorMP Australians are paying Carer’s Allowance to support foreigners whose parents are here on Assurance of Support visas — this is a fact.
The system is being exploited by people ignorant of our values, robbing our own children of their cultural inheritance.
@SpectatorOz What percentage are foreign born?
Do current APS hiring policies discriminate against heritage Australians?
Labors march through the institutions is an act of treason.
@AngusTaylorMP Citizenship should be granted only to those capable of making a net positive lifetime contribution.
Australia is not the world’s soup kitchen. We will not tolerate the theft of our cultural inheritance.
@theheraldsun Citizenship should only be awarded to those who are capable of making a net lifetime contribution.
Australia is not the world’s soup kitchen; we refuse to tolerate the theft of our cultural inheritance.
@australian Citizenship should only be awarded to those who are capable of making a net lifetime contribution.
Australia is not the world’s soup kitchen; we refuse to tolerate the theft of our cultural inheritance.
@VeryInsig David Day, "Has Britain Let Us Down? A Reconsideration" (Australian Historical Studies, 1993)
"Australians in the Allied Invasion of Lebanon and Syria, 1941" (Australian War Memorial scholarly paper,
Gavin Long (ed.), Australia in the War of 1939–1945 (official history series
@VeryInsig Aussies who served in WW2?
Apologies for the personal question - Are you a true blue Aussie or just another entitled Brit culturally appropriating an Australian identity?
@VeryInsig Yes, most would be predominantly of British decent.
It is worth noting many who served Australia in WW2 despised the British, even today many Australians can stand poms and their irritating accents.