Population 'could hit 70m unless we get a grip on immigration'

[ShadesWolf]

A classic org thread. Shadeswolf trembling behind his net curtain because of the scary foriegn men. Fragony still trying but failing to fill in his application for for Combat 18.

I'll come back when there is actually something substantive to debate.

If you have nothing to contribute, as usual, why bother to post.

And who is trembling behind his net curtains, im not the one that ran away from London town

[Idaho]

I don't bother to contribute because what you have to say is all so sad and predictable. Go and have a dig through history. Go and see the 'illustrious men' who have said exactly the same things.

And while you at it, go and have a look at the creation of nation states, the movement of people, the shifts in cultures throughout the ages.

When you have more to offer than the most simplistic, innacurrate rabble rousing nonsense, then we can have a decent discussion.

[Vladimir]

I don't bother to contribute because what you have to say is all so sad and predictable. Go and have a dig through history. Go and see the 'illustrious men' who have said exactly the same things.

And while you at it, go and have a look at the creation of nation states, the movement of people, the shifts in cultures throughout the ages.

When you have more to offer than the most simplistic, innacurrate rabble rousing nonsense, then we can have a decent discussion.

I thought you were going to bring back some substance . Care to sight any examples, provide any links, or are you just here to criticize?

What about the creation of nation states do you wish to explore? In order to create a nation you have to engage in genocide. I'm not saying that to be inflammatory, just look at the definition of it in the Monastery. Or maybe you're referring to civil wars caused by massive, uncontrolled migration? For movement of people, do you mean invasions? Because that's what they used to be called. I fail to see what your point is in that sentence.

Your last line is what really gets me. What do you call three, one sentence paragraphs if not simplistic? I see several people here having a decent discussion with you popping in to drop a few one liners.

[Papewaio]

Immigration is on the whole good. I have no problems with immigration that has skillset standards and gives extra weight to applications in areas where we are missing out on enough people.

However Australia has to look at slowing down immigration to some of the cities or use the immigrants in a snowy water scheme equivalent...because some of the cities water levels are so low that they are barely looking after the current population levels. Other cities are not as 'popular' are missing out on the very skillsets they need.

So extra points for a skillset that is in shortage.
Extra points to be bonded to a city for 3+ years.

However I would like the government to increase training for locals in the very areas that we have skill shortages at the same time as boosting immigration for those areas. So tech and Uni courses should be cheaper for infrastructure jobs that are suffering a skill shortage (trades, teachers, docs, nurses, engineers).