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I just dont get the angst around immigration. If you're going to get all in a tizzy about crowded cities and beaches, move somewhere else! Theres tonnes of pl

I just dont get the angst around immigration. If you're going to get all in a tizzy about crowded cities and beaches, move somewhere else! Theres tonnes of places in Australia where you can have beautiful beaches and no-one else around for 100's of km.

Theodores 8y ago
Shame there is no water though. Unless you like it with added salt. Same goes for the land, the 'topsoil' that is left also comes with added salt. The place is living on borrowed time, an environmental catastrophe unfolds in the news headlines and before our eyes. Only the ingenuity of man can prevent the place going back to the default 'Aboriginal' carrying capacity. The government can't magically buy feed for the farmers to give to their 'livestock' forever.
- magicbuzz 8y ago
  To clarify, there is actually a significant drought occurring at present. http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-07-29/the-big-dry-see-us-hear-us-help-us/10030010 http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-07-29/the-big-dry-see-...
legostormtroopr 8y ago
Yeah, if people don’t like immigrants moving to their city they should move away. That’s a well thought out position.
nailer 8y ago
Goverment should have points added/deducted for moving to crowded less crowded cities. * Adelaide/Hobart +10 Melbourne/Sydney -10 etc. This might mean companies that need immigrants have to set up offices in Adelaide and Hobart. Fair enough. * I'm assuming you read the article re: points scheme
- dbetteridge 8y ago
  I thought I had heard about them doing exactly this, but haven't seen anything about it in a while.
  - magicbuzz 8y ago
    It can be simply achieved via income tax change. There’s already a tax rebate depending on the degree of ‘remoteness’. But it’s a political hot potato because the majority of the population lives in three cities.
- sho 8y ago
  They do exactly what you describe. Moving to Adelaide, for example, gets you 5 points. I believe it can be even more for country towns if you possess much-needed skills eg. are a doctor.

Theodores 8y ago

Shame there is no water though. Unless you like it with added salt. Same goes for the land, the 'topsoil' that is left also comes with added salt. The place is living on borrowed time, an environmental catastrophe unfolds in the news headlines and before our eyes. Only the ingenuity of man can prevent the place going back to the default 'Aboriginal' carrying capacity. The government can't magically buy feed for the farmers to give to their 'livestock' forever.

magicbuzz 8y ago
To clarify, there is actually a significant drought occurring at present. http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-07-29/the-big-dry-see-us-hear-us-help-us/10030010 http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-07-29/the-big-dry-see-...

legostormtroopr 8y ago

Yeah, if people don’t like immigrants moving to their city they should move away. That’s a well thought out position.

nailer 8y ago

Goverment should have points added/deducted for moving to crowded less crowded cities. * Adelaide/Hobart +10 Melbourne/Sydney -10 etc. This might mean companies that need immigrants have to set up offices in Adelaide and Hobart. Fair enough. * I'm assuming you read the article re: points scheme

dbetteridge 8y ago
I thought I had heard about them doing exactly this, but haven't seen anything about it in a while.
- magicbuzz 8y ago
  It can be simply achieved via income tax change. There’s already a tax rebate depending on the degree of ‘remoteness’. But it’s a political hot potato because the majority of the population lives in three cities.
sho 8y ago
They do exactly what you describe. Moving to Adelaide, for example, gets you 5 points. I believe it can be even more for country towns if you possess much-needed skills eg. are a doctor.