Australia - you're standing in it
basesix wrote:cheers, @a-m, all good people here, so I'm certainly not soap-boxing..
..immigration is not a pyramid scheme, as most know, or a golden goose, it has literally built our brilliant country, Australia. And should be discussed evenly and calmly.
[NB. those pissweak inbred c*&nts in their neatly pressed little black costumes are complete traitors to our country. They need to be put on a little island somewhere they can boof around on, bumrushing gannet rookeries]one such conversation could be around migrants being further encouraged to come to inland regional centres.. closest big town to me is Mount Gambier (28,000, making is SA's second largest city after Adelaide!), and new-migrants to the area (Congolese. Fillipino, Vietnamese, Thai, Argentinian, Myanmarese/Burmese... even New Zealanders) have revitalised the town, surrounding region's industry and agriculture.. anecdotally I hear regional areas all over have found the same, as the youth go chasing big city paychecks.
..tax the fucking RawEarth (sic), invest in 100% renewable tech now, protect the eco for tourism, invest in food security, distribute wealth, and stop gearing up for WWIII, and we'd be the richest country per capita in the world, and there'd be milk, honey and @Opti's $100k blocks fer all!
Very simple ey, but not easy.... :)
India in the running to build 1 million homes in Australia:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-in-talks-to-constr...
The logistics of how this will actually happen, how many labourers come over, how many then live in said homes - will fuel a lot more rallies.
A quick segue to Japan: Japan to get multiculturalism, 4 African 'hometowns' to be made in Japanese cities
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/08/28/2003842797
Vicious racist protests ensue.
OH! First Dog on the Moon back cartooning?
awesome.. Marlton still living in Tassie..?
hope he's sitting on top of the pile of life's various pillows!
velocityjohnno wrote:A quick segue to Japan: Japan to get multiculturalism, 4 African 'hometowns' to be made in Japanese cities
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/08/28/2003842797
Vicious racist protests ensue.
you read this article, I assume?
seeds wrote:Me too
Phone only internet
ps Syp I can’t stand fictional books either
Maybe we’re not so different after all
Seeds. Hi pal. I’ve never read a fiction book either. Non- fiction all the way for me. I don’t know what it is about fiction books, well, I suppose, it’s because they are, fiction. AW
Finally some good demographic news:
Hi AW.
Never much been into make believe.
I’ve read some fiction for sure now and then that were good reads but your predilection always wins.
Optimist wrote:I watched the posted footage of the various marches and it was all very civil.
Not much in the usual sanitised news.
People just blowing off steam.
All started by an 18 year old kid in SA on tik tok.
The crowds also booed the Nazis LOL
Can’t blame people for having a rant.
It’s tough out there for some.
As my previous post said,… I had my doubts…
But I think it was all OK.
People concerned about losing an Aussie culture the world loves and lines up to get here.
I’d be more worried about the other angry marches week in week out blocking up the streets about an issue we can’t fix a very long way away.
That to me is un Australian and radical.
That's how it looked to me as well Opti. Most people uncomfortable with Nazis getting up and trying to steal the mike, some pointing out that what they want is lessened immigration rather than what the Nazis were trying to sell. Some seeing their country as unrecognisable.
For everything all of us type here, it's best described as a giant anger just under the surface that will propel this movement forward. Ie, something with a lot of energy, not a lot of centralised direction, powered by a feeling of betrayal/loss. It's happening worldwide.
And I also found the Dark Nats, for a dose of wtf:
velocityjohnno wrote:And I also found the Dark Nats, for a dose of wtf:
What the hell was that?
Cartoon Clermont looks much nicer than real Clermont.
A local artist…
Really @AW.
I find it dis-ingenious that someone of your percieved intelligence would dismiss a whole branch of literature in such an off hand manner.
A lot can be learnt from fictional narratives.
For a trivial example, it was a novel that alerted me to the singular nature of a frigate-birds sternum.
Let alone what can be learnt about inter-personal relationships from fictional characters.
One further point: these were working class rallies.
Might not be your personal 'working classness', but they were about the first vestige I've seen of working class people protesting in a while, perhaps since the Vic construction boys protested in Covid and the govt caved and let them work.
2.4% unemployment in Mt Gambier.
In the bumfuck serial killer state of SA.
Working class is multicultural here as it should be.
We wouldn't survive here without immigration.
Industry, forestry, transport, agriculture, manufacturing,
viticulture, fishing.. Less than we'd like, but there you are..
(every week there's a couple houses under $350k, 6 units for less.
.. dozens of decent blocks in and around for $100k-$150k)
thread cleanse.. we got more than enough viccos moving over the border to Gambier, Penola, Naracoorte, Millicent after they got traumatised by Andrews bad times. Nothing to see here.
50,000 workers needed in Queensland to meet infrastructure expectations by the Olympics.
As long as their not qualified Indians bring them in.
basesix wrote:thread cleanse.. we got more than enough viccos moving over the border to Gambier, Penola, Naracoorte, Millicent after they got traumatised by Andrews bad times. Nothing to see here.
have you thought about opening a surf school ? I could point a few thousand euro’s your way .
..I've said too much..
"That's how it looked to me as well Opti. Most people uncomfortable with Nazis getting up and trying to steal the mike, some pointing out that what they want is lessened immigration rather than what the Nazis were trying to sell. Some seeing their country as unrecognisable."
not just that, I'd say 80% of the commenters on vids I've seen make a point of they are not blaming immigrants...
they are blaming GOVERNMENT!
a purposeful point made
seems a point lost on those that want to blame all australia's woes on... 'bogans blaming 'migrants'
most people know very well immigration is required and has served australia well
It's the rate that is the problem
it's outa control
and it's government that is to blame!
"(every week there's a couple houses under $350k, 6 units for less."
I was looking at property in mount gambler not much more than 2 years ago, on my poor man budget of less than $250k there would be about 20 properties available, with many decent, if not run down, houses in the mix... even houses around $170k (yes run down)
just has a quick look... $250k and under... 2 properties available... a 1 bedroom unit and a 2 bedroom unit... $210 - $250k
shoulda bought two of them 2 years ago!
The "I can't believe it's not politics" thread.