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The moon over the Persian Gulf (Strait of Hormuz) and the International Space Station. Moon 02.mp4

NASA just dropped the clearest view of Moon ever captured... by Artemis 2. You can even see craters in extreme detail. yeah, the moon has a colors, you can see them here. Moon 01.mp4

Critics say Donald Trump has become the first American president to unite people across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the Middle East --- against him,” — a claim reflecting strong global reactions and political polarization. Disclaimer: This post is for informational and discussion purposes only. It reflects reported opinions and may require further verification and context.

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You will have to ask GON what a Traditional Australian is. I guess First Nations people should qualify given the length of time they have been here.

What is a traditional Person? I don't believe in Kings of Lords or any Kind of privilege by Birth . 2 babies born Here Have Identical rights or where do we end up.? Nev

In my previous company, we once did a quick headcount and came up with 14 different nationalities. We are a multicultural country and by and large a pretty successful one, but not without associated problems such as crime and gangs. However, the vast majority of immigrants are good people who just want to get on with their lives and be decent citizens. As Jerry said, the only traditional Australians are the First Nations people. The rest of us are all new arrivals by comparison.

We haven't got a lot to Winge about compared to Many others. Nev

We have been personally affected in one important way. The licence of our local pub (within walking distance) was taken over by immigrants about five years ago, now on its second family group. They have alienated the whole community and destroyed the vibe of our pub. They are not interested in service. It was a great pub, now no one goes there. We speculate as to why they are there, that it must be a loss maker but gives them a visa.

I hooked up the caravan today. Off to the bush so I don't have to think about fuel prices. 🙂

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But just look at all the money saved..... Looks like you won't be spending anything on diesel for a while. Unless you finish that bushcraft trike.

We all have our moments! Unfortunately with social media you can't get away with anything.

I've given up thinking about the extra $1.50 above normal price for diesel after getting the list of vehicle repairs needed from the local mechanic. Apart from a couple of tyres, I'm up for a full set of shocks, spring shackle bushes, front disc rotors and pads, control arm bushes, steering arm rods and ball joints, cv drive shafts, and that's just the urgent stuff. Makes fuel look cheap.

Box Hill Central is a busy shopping centre built over a railway station, with a bus terminus on the roof. You can sit in the mall for half an hour and be lucky to see half a dozen caucasions. Mainly Asians of various nationalities - Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian, Sri Lankan, Singaporean, etc.

I guess the issue is not immigration per se, but the method. These conversations often seem to assume that the worst cases are the most common. In the past, there were a lot of Italian migrants. Although now accepted by most Australians, there were certainly a minority involved in organised crime. My son's partner is a migrant from China (to NZ). She is a highly paid (and taxed) contributor to society. The term immigrant is rather broad. My doctor and my dentist are immigrants. For the last 30 years of my working life, I mainly worked as a music teacher in private music studios. The number of my colleagues born overseas was quite large. These people were the best and brightest. Here is a picture from when I retired. There are Irish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Hong Kong, South American, South African, British, and probably more. These people were all smart and talented, and I loved working with them. I am also an immigrant. My family arrived in Australia in 1964 as "ten-pound tourists" We lived in a new city called Elizabeth, which was full of immigrants, mainly British but other nationalities as well. A few immigrants failed to adjust, and there was crime associated with this. I don't have the figures, but I doubt it would have been much greater than from Australian-born people.

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The general opinion of the immigration problem seems to be that immigrants lower the standards many Anglo-Europeans set in earlier days - as regards cleanliness, levels of service, and general behaviour standards. The previous laws relating to immigrants appear to have been seriously watered down. Originally, immigrants had to produce a clean criminal history, be sponsored by an Australian citizen and have a job to go to, and they were on "probation" for a couple of years after arrival. Any criminal offence soon after arrival would see them deported quickly. But now we have "African Crime Gangs", "Middle Eastern Crime Gangs", and Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs taken over by immigrant thugs. There has been a major upsurge in drug dealing, money laundering, car theft, car rebirthing, financial scams (especially involving NDIS and child care payment scams), and a major upsurge in the use of bladed weapons in serious assaults and home invasions. A lot of this crime upsurge is directly related to immigrants with criminal histories and tendencies who were let in, apparently unchecked. This is not the way to improve a country.

GON, you forgot to mention Trump has buggered up the American economy, having to pay $37B in taxpayer monies to U.S. farmers whose major soybean market he ruined. He has destroyed nearly every economic/trade agreement around. He's made enemies of a multitude of former Allies - then complains when they won't help with his war he started. He's done nothing to create "regime change" in Iran, and has almost certainly created a more hard-line regime there, who will just bide their time to strike back at the U.S. in bitter revenge. He's created greatly increased U.S. inflation, started wars when he claimed he was the greatest peacemaker in the world, has done nothing to stop the Ukraine-Russia war, and is preparing to invade Cuba. He's enriched himself massively by turning the U.S. Presidency position into a simple extension of his business dealings. He's lost tens of billions in U.S. military equipment losses, from aircraft to defence installations, all across the Middle East. He's had nearly all his tariff imposts overturned by the U.S. Supreme court. He's broken every election promise he made - such as, he "would stop the Ukraine War in one day". We have a good Australian name for people like him. "A Supreme Bullshit Artist".

He's nearly Brain dead Mate. Nev

I was about to say that Barnaby works hard at being a clown, but I think it comes naturally.

I would be very interested to know how immigrants have affected people PERSONALLY. There's a lot of anti-immigration rubbish on here. It's all general. Personally, in my team at work there are 3 people who emigrated to Australia. They're hard workers and good people. So I'm interested why people have a problem with Australia's current immigration regime. Is it because of the stories in the Murdoch press? Is it because you want a simple scapegoat for complex societal problems like house prices? Or have you been personally impacted by immigration?

Ol' Barnaby works pretty hard on stopping other stupid politicians allowing stuff in that can wreck our bio security.