Birds Aren't Real

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How the fuck do we live in a country where Pauline Hanson can publicly say “To abort a baby the day before birth is abhorrent and disgusting” and not one journo jumped up to remind her that abortion at 39 weeks aka the day before birth is … murder? #NewsCorpse @PressClubAust

To claim that immigration has been a "catastrophe" is to misunderstand the very blueprint of our modern nation. And it's plain fucking stupid. From our economic foundations to the food on our tables and the care of our elderly, the story of this country is not one of decline caused by newcomers, but of a nation sustained by their grit, skills, and hard work. When we look past the rhetoric and look at the facts, a very different picture emerges. Here is how immigration didn't destroy the nation: it created and continues to sustain it. 1. The Gold Rush: Laying the Economic Foundation In the 19th century, the Gold Rush drew hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the UK, Europe, China, and America. This massive influx didn’t collapse the young colonies; it supercharged them. It transformed a series of quiet pastoral outposts into a global economic powerhouse, funded our early infrastructure, and fostered a spirit of egalitarianism that defined our national identity. 2. The Afghan Cameleers: Unlocking the Outback Before trains and highways, the vast, unforgiving interior of the continent was virtually impenetrable. Enter the Afghan cameleers (primarily from modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India) in the late 1800s. Bringing their camels and unmatched desert survival skills, these immigrants formed the lifeline of the outback. They transported food, water, and building materials, and were instrumental in laying down the vital overland telegraph and rail lines that finally connected the continent. 3. The Snowy Mountains Scheme: Engineering Modernity Following World War II, the nation adopted a bold "populate or perish" policy. The crown jewel of this era was the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme—one of the complex engineering wonders of the modern world. The Workforce: Over 100,000 people from more than 30 countries worked on the project. The Impact: Defying the xenophobia of the time, these European migrants worked side-by-side to secure the nation’s water and renewable energy future, while kickstarting our transition into a vibrant, multicultural society. 4. The Backbone of Health and Aged Care Fast forward to the modern day: our healthcare system would literally collapse overnight without migrant workers. The Frontlines: Overseas-trained doctors, nurses, and specialists make up a massive percentage of our medical workforce, particularly in regional and rural areas where local staff are scarce. Aged Care: As our population ages, migrant workers have become the compassionate backbone of the aged care sector, filling critical shortages and ensuring our elderly receive the dignity and care they deserve. 5. Agriculture: Putting Food on Our Tables From the post-war Italian and Greek farmers who revolutionised our fruit, vegetable, and tobacco industries, to today’s seasonal and backpacker workforces, agriculture relies entirely on migration. Migrant workers harvest the crops, manage the fields, and sustain our multi-billion-dollar agricultural export industry. Without them, supermarket shelves would be empty and food prices would skyrocket. The Bottom Line: Every country faces infrastructure pressures and policy challenges, but blaming immigration for systemic issues ignores reality. Newcomers didn't break the nation—they cleared the paths, laid the tracks, tunnelled through the mountains, picked the food we eat, and cared for us when we are sick. Far from a catastrophe, immigration has always been, and remains, our greatest growth and survival engine.

@LucasSa56947288 Not very gentlemanly of Monsieur Macron to make his wife stand next to President Stinkypants was it?

WATCH: Here’s Donald Trump arriving at Versailles and starting to wander around and not knowing where to go! Where’s Melania Trump?

One of the fish pages I belong to on Facebook posted this today. I thought it was hilarious and wanted to share.😂 we all knew it wasn’t going to work. Maybe they should’ve consulted with an aquarium owner🤔

@atrupar But … what about Kim Jong Un? Doesn’t Trump love him as well?

Trump on Egyptian President el-Sisi: "He was in a hotel and I met him. We fell in love, deeply in love ... we didn't know each other before that. We had great chemistry, and I stayed twice as long as I was supposed to."

Hanson “We cannot be a multicultural society. We are a multiracial society, but we must be monocultural. Australians must live under the one cultural umbrella.” And not one journalist asked: whose culture becomes the single culture? That is the literal ideological DNA of fascism. The chilling part is she said it at the National Press Club and walked out without being challenged on it. Well Pauline; we did have one culture on this continent. For 65,000 years. And you don’t like that one either.

@ShiannonC Thanks Shiannon very well said - I heard part of it and really thought the CGT stuff in particular was absolute rubbish.

From “One Nation Decoded” on Facebook. Give them a follow. 👇🏻 “I went through Pauline Hanson’s full National Press Club speech. Not a clip. Not a headline. The whole thing. And the numbers are wild. Out of around 86 checkable claims, I counted: 12 outright false claims. 43 misleading, cherry-picked or unsupported claims. 58 slogans, attack lines or loaded catchphrases. 17 things that just didn’t logically make sense. That means the speech was not some brave truth-telling moment. It was a misinformation machine with a microphone. The scariest part is how polished it all sounds when it’s delivered confidently. Big numbers. Big claims. Big outrage. But when you actually stop and check it, so much of it falls apart. The 130,000 “sleeping rough” claim was wrong. The $200 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation claim was wrong. The overseas-born comparison with America was apples-to-oranges. The climate change “hoax” line was straight-up nonsense. The capital gains tax section was dressed up like young renters should be crying for young property flippers. This is the trick. Say enough things quickly. Sound angry enough. Blame enough groups. Wrap it all in flags, slogans and “common sense”. Then hope nobody checks the details. Well, I checked. And what I found was not leadership. It was grievance politics running on dodgy numbers, culture war panic and emotional shortcuts. Australians deserve better than a speech where the slogans do more work than the facts”

@Aduradara61049 @KeruboSk I don’t touch my friends’ boobs …

Female friends casually touch each other’s breasts, but men don’t do the same with each other’s dicks. Why is that?

@MyFirstCousin LOL - she doesn't need it ...

@RonniSalt But but but - she "read it in the paper". I be she couldn't remember which paper ...

People who say us-traY-uh set my teeth on edge Also Tim Fischer would never have called anybody a witch

@robynbryant33 I was surprised at the applause she received, especially after saying some really silly things.

Why didn’t the other journalists get up and walk out of the room??

BREAKING: Donald Trump sends Secretary of State Marco Rubio out to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to prove that the water is "perfectly safe and beautiful and clean. Unlike what the fake news and Dumocrats are saying."

@vacuumofmyheart @RonniSalt Re that first question - there was a very similar question asked in the Q&A and was not very well answered.

@RonniSalt Did Pauline Hanson have a problem with Margo Kingston's questions?

Ahead of Pauline Hanson taking the microphone at the National Press Club, Australians should know this Journalist Margo Kingston was organised a few weeks back to ask the first Q - then was phoned yesterday and told she could no longer ask any Qs because they "had no time left"

@PaulineHansonOz CHINA! CHINA! CHINA!

Pauline Hanson addresses the National Press Club x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

He touched the hearts of 25 million people. Why not you ?

@Parodyjeffx @ThomasSideways But we are not allowed to hate them - because it’s “antisemitic”

RABBI CALLS NON-JEWS APES 🚨 Chabad rabbi Chaim Mentz on Fox News just compared Jews to humans visiting Planet of the Apes and non Jews to savage monkeys. They hate us with pure venom.

@PeigSayers4 @_InfoGram_ That’s colonialism isn’t it? If you have the power you can go anywhere you want, steal anything you want, kill anyone you want to then leave things in a mess.

@LisaGlass200 @_InfoGram_ I'm Irish, how do you think I feel about that? They were absolutely brutal in India. In a little over a century, the wealthiest nation on earth was left 3rd world. Responsible for over 150 million deaths, including forced famine genocide by Churchill. USA just modern colonialism

🇺🇸Caroline: "Who started this war?" 🇺🇸Lambert: "Trump didn't start this war. Iran has been at war with us for a long time." 🇺🇸Caroline: "How many US citizens have they attacked on US soil?" 🇺🇸Lambert: "I don’t know." 🇺🇸Caroline: It's Zero 🔥 Also, why are our soldiers in the Middle East? 🇺🇸 Lambert: "Because of Oil. We need to protect our oil interests."🤣 Caroline has single handedly exposed Trump’s propaganda. What a brave lady 👏