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‘You’re a racist’ remains Albo’s No 1 alibi for the endless immigration/housing pain

By Stephen Saunders - posted Wednesday, 3 September 2025


Whether or not MfA regroups, and they might just be our least hopeless hope, it's about time for disrespectful conversation.

For however long it takes, to restore vestigial democracy. If voters (not Treasury) want low migration, which is all Australia can realistically afford, that should be the policy.

In their election triumph, "progressively-patriotic net-zero" Labor enjoyed smearing the other wing of uni-party, as Trumpian extremists. Now they monster voters. They need continual 180° feedback, from the non-roundtable classes:

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Voters aren't the racists

Of course there's racism in Australia, including the ruling classes, and especially hurting the Indigenous. Welcome to Homo sapiens and its traits.

Yet also, Australians are demonstrably low on racism and sexism by world standards. The decency of marchers I met is being exploited to the hilt. Many citizenries would have mutinied, long before Australia's world-beating post-2000 population growth topped 45%.

Who's the real racist?

The Labor hierarchy perceives massive Indian (and Chinese) influxes as pro-Labor, as increased insurance for long spells of government.

As if our 50% "migrant origin" weren't sufficiently extreme by world standards, Labor's rigging it further. Picking a winner, Modi India. With carte-blanche recognition of their qualifications, with special student-migrant privileges, not accorded to other nations.

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Who's the race hypocrite?

The hyper-migration lobby emote, no exploitation of migrants. There must be "necessary" skills recognition, fair wages, and generous housing.

What humbug. The temp-visa flood mainly fill semi-skilled or unskilled slots, for cut-price wages and dodgy accommodation. If the crude exploitation really bothered Labor ministers, they'd slash immigration. Instead, they jeer at a local rental-protestor like Morgan Cox.

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