How does our democracy work? What input do we have on the decisions made in our name by our elected representatives? Globalism,multiculturalism and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan would suggest we have little input in major decisions that affect our way of life.
One of the major decisions to be made in the near future is our immigration policy and the size of our future population.
As has been stated previously migration is of no advantage to Australia’s present population. Mass migration will destroy our life style. Furthermore a survey held from December 2009 to February 2010 and administered by The Australian Social Science Data Archives at the Australian National University which drew on a random sample of 3142 votes,found 69% of voters believe that Australia does not need more people,31% believe it does. Women 75% are more likely to want a stable population than men 62%. Voters who wanted growth tended to give economic reasons. Voters who wanted stablility emphasised the need to train our own skilled workers and the need to protect the environment. (Swinburne Issue 10,July 2010,Fast Facts).
On the other hand The Australian newspaper has had a mass of articles since Gillard put forward her Small Australia policy,supporting a big Australia,written by developers who have much to gain from the continued immigrant industry
I have listed below some of the comments:
1. Europe shows the alternative to growth is decline. A shrinking population and inflated expectations are a damaging mix. Oliver Mark Hartwich,The Australian,23.7.10. p.12
2.The Australian,22.7.10. P1. Reject little Australia,P.M. advisers…..Professor McDonald says,“as we saw in the Hanson era,you don’t want to go down the track of bringing out the worst in Australians”. “Migrants are being used as a scapegoat for the failure of government planning”he said. Greg Sheridan p.7 says Julia Gillard is a national disgrace on population policy and she may do more harm to our long term prospects by this one foolish frolic (population policy) than any recent national leader. Michael Stutchbury,p.7 The P.M.’s vow to ‘slow down’on populating our cities ia a con on voters that we can continue to prosper from a stronger economy without footing the bill for more migrants.
3. Natasha Bita,p.4. Households are paying at least 10 times more for energy guzzling desalination plants than dam water. Jodie Minus,p.4,Employer preyed on Indians. Indian students unfamiliar with Australia’s employment legislation allegedly paid up to dollars 3500 each to gain jobs as cleaners and burger-flippers at a Sydney Hungry Jacks franchise.
4. Annabel Hepworth,Richard Gluyas, Business opposes migrant cuts. P.7 Prominent business leaders have warned that policies to slow population growth will damage the economy,allow governments to avoid tackling chronic infrastructure neglect in major cities and stoke inflationary wage pressures.. (The Migrant industry) Toll Holdings chief executive Paul Little said a “fairly significant percentage of its employees in Australia came from elsewhere. Business leaders said Japan’s economic growth was impeded by a static ageing population. Westfarmers director Charles Macek said it was “untenable”for a country as large as Australia with it’s rich endowment of resources,to have a small population,not much larger than a very large global city. Eileen Doyle a non-executive director of One-Steel and former chairman of Port Waratah Coal services,said infrastructure was a major issue (and we must pay for it of course).
5. Drew Warne Smith p.6. Premiers support a population growth they can keep up with. Labor premiers past and present have welcomed Julia Gillard’s call to stem the swelling population in and around the mainland capitals in a bid to protect Australia’s ‘way of life’. Former NSW premier Bob Carr told the Australian the nation’s intake of migrants should be culled as it would be impossible to fund the infrastructure needed to support them –and equally futile to try to coax immigrants away from crowded cities when others shared their language and culture.
Well these are some of the articles in the Australian recently. The big end of town wants to shaft us in it’s pursuit of it’s own gain and we will pay the bills without gaining employment. We have little to gain and plenty to lose from continued mass migration only the big end of town prospers. They have the money but we have the votes.
If democracy means anything we can stop this feral immigrant industry in it’s tracks.
