If Australia’s success is to continue, we need to take a hard look at our migration system.
Right now, the numbers are too high and the standards are too low, and both must change.
Yesterday, @AngusTaylorMP announced that an LNP Government would re-establish tough border controls.
When my Italian grandparents arrived here in the 1950s, they had to go through the wringer to be naturalised. They needed references from their employers and people of stature in the community, letters from local police constables, evidence that they were financially independent and that they had secure lodgings.
See just one of the many letters attached. Their application for citizenship runs to hundreds of pages.
The Inspector of Police in Townsville wrote about my nonno, Gaetano Zanella, "The applicant has a very good knowledge of the English language, and would experience no difficulty in working amongst and understanding English-speaking people ... he fully understands the rights and privileges of Australian citizenship."
If we could do it in the 1950s, why can't we do it today? Now, with AI and social media, we should be able to get a pretty good idea about whether an applicant shares our way of life.
Becoming an Australian should be the most exclusive club you can belong to. It should be tough to get in, and when you are in, we protect you like a mate.
The LNP will restore both tough standards and a welcoming attitude to all of those who meet these standards and become Aussies.
I worked as an aide 14 yrs in public school.
One afternoon in 5th grade a kid asked the teacher, What's Prussia?
The teacher answered, what we called Russia a long time ago.
Oh no no no, I stood up from my chair in the corner.
Nope.
Not today, lady with apples on her pockets.
Australians in hard-hats, Akubras, turbans and hijabs come together to help each other out.
Hateful words by a loud minority don’t reflect the reality of our wonderful nation. #auspol
This was spotted near a school in Aberdeen.
This is appalling and cowardly from far-right scum.
Police Scotland have been informed.
Anyone with information should contact Police Scotland.
Let’s find the culprit.
Please RT to help identify them.
Look at this ugly retard trying to come across as one of us while unpacking her groceries. People don’t like you @ClareONeilMP because you’re a retard — same goes for Sussan.
@wbfactor Somewhat true - but if you want to play it, you’ll do it anyway, the reason I ask is cause someone was at the lights playing it today as I was leaving Melbourne 😂
Legit Question -
In Victoria, or Australia as a whole, if you were to play Kanye West HH from your stereo whilst driving, would you be charged under Victoria or Australia’s new Hate Crime/Speech laws??
Curious to know how ridiculous our laws are in Australia
The Australian Parliament has been completely captured by foreign interests. I see it everywhere. Beware the pied piper. Those masquerading as saviours are nothing of the sort.
This is strong, decisive action to fight antisemitism and address terrorist-motivated offending to ensure Queenslanders can live, worship and gather safely.
We’ll be introducing tough new laws to Parliament this week.
You'll probably know Mitch Brown from his time playing footy for the West Coast Eagles.
Last year, he made history as the first ever AFL player to come out as bisexual.
Mitch's courage and strength sparked conversations. But most importantly, it started a shift. And that matters.
He's proof that when you stand up for your values, you inspire others to do the same - and take pride in who they are.
Because equality isn't negotiable. Respect isn't up for debate. People can love who they love.
And role models like Mitch are exactly who we need for generations to come. Happy Pride.
Matt Goodwin isn’t very British. He doesn’t get our values, our culture, or our history.
Britain has always been about different communities coming together to form one nation.
My piece in the @NewStatesman (link in next tweet)
Amazing how a bomb….yes a bomb….was thrown into a crowd at an Invasion Day rally in Perth….and Sussan Ley, Pauline Hanson…..and Josh Frydenburg have been so fucking silent!
Also is their propaganda arm the Murdochracy!
The sheer hypocrisy is staggering.
The Holocaust stands as one of the darkest stains on humanity: the systematic murder of six million Jews, each one an individual life extinguished by a hatred that sought to erase the entire Jewish people.
As we mark Holocaust Memorial Day, we confront that truth directly, because remembrance is the first defence against denial, distortion and prejudice.
Together, we look back and challenge antisemitism wherever it appears. And ensure that ‘never again’ is a promise we uphold, not just a phrase we repeat.