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Actually, it was 2025 that saw the highest number of immigrants, a record number. I've received phone calls from Indians, male and female, from various companies, and honestly, I couldn't understand a word they were saying, I had to guess and throw in some words and phrases of my own, fishing for a simple yes or no response attempting to get a clue about the reason for the phone call. What should have taken two minutes in most cases, took about twelve minutes.

The best and cheapest reactor is 93 Million miles away.. Nev

Who wouldn't prefer the REAL thing.. ? Nev

255 for diesel here today. Wonder how long that'll last.

Your typo amuses me 😁

Here is an example of how the AI program Claude is being used by the presenter to confirm family records. It is an example of my point that there are so many uses for AI that most of us have never thought of. However, I would rather read a novel written by a real person than one created from prompts to an AI program.

Unfortunately for some of these people with qualifications gained overseas, our, one might say "racist", professional bodies do not accept them. Threfore, while the immigrant awaits acceptance of their qualifications, they have to do menial tasks. I knew of a radiologist who had to wok as an aged care worker because his qualificatins had not been accepted at the time I knew him. In fact, when I last saw him he was starting a cleaning business. His wife's nursing qualificatins had been accepted and she was in employment.

Yes, major hurdle is the high capital cost in the western world. Hinkley Point C has blown out because of design changes during the build and covid. The UK are still planning another EPR though. (Sizewell C) France is looking at building another 6(EPR's again.) Snowy 2.0 has blown out from 4$B to probably $20B by the end of the build so this isn't just a NP thing. Decommissioning reactors will be easier with the newer build as more thought ill be put into it in the design phase. Sellafield and Hanford get a fair bit of press, but we need to remember these reactors were built for primarily for plutonium production at the start of the atom bomb race and were built quickly with only 1 thing in mind.. Finland have a deep repository due for opening this year. The spent fuel sitting at npp's is harming no-one and getting less radioactive every year. 300 or 500 years(depends on where you get your info from) the real nasty stuff will have decayed away. The rest is potential more fuel for fast reactors. Russia also have there BN series reactors that use lead for a coolant. India have recently fired up a 500MWe Big first of a kind) fast reactor to eventually use thorium but the same sort of reactor can turn the uranium 238 and plutonium's into fissionable fuel. We need to also think that the older reactors where designed in the 1950's with the first large ones in the late 50's. less than 20 years after the Chicago pile first fissioned.(1942)This is like flying around in a Vickers Vimy. We will get a workforce as more get built. A few companys are looking at building micro reactors to replace diesel generators at remote sights. This sound good in practice but again the capital cost will be expensive because the are planning to put 10-20 years worth of fuel in them at the start. These will probably use Haleu fuel which is enriched between 5-20%. https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-criticality-for-indian-fast-breeder-reactor

I am not necessarily anti-nuclear, in fact, in some maybe it makes sense. Whilst decommissioning may be a small cost, all up the building of the NP in the first place is enormous. Decommissioning can sound straightforward, but at least at this stage, it is not. Common Problems and Challenges Decommissioning is a complex engineering task that often faces technical, financial, and logistical hurdles: Financial Shortfalls: Costs typically range from $500 million to $2 billion per reactor. Some countries, like France, face concerns that set-aside funds may be insufficient to cover the total future costs. Waste Disposal Bottlenecks: No country currently has an operating deep geological repository for high-level nuclear waste (spent fuel). This often forces waste to stay on-site in dry casks indefinitely, preventing the site from being fully released. Technical Delays: Projects frequently experience timeline extensions. For example, Japan's Tokai 1 reactor dismantling was delayed by over a decade, with completion now pushed to 2030. Unexpected Hazards: Older plants often lack detailed historical records, leading to the discovery of unexpected contamination or structural issues during dismantling. Workforce Shortages: As a "wave" of plants reaches retirement, there is a growing need for a highly skilled, specialized workforce that the industry currently lacks. World Nuclear Association +4

Wasn't it Einstein who said it's the worst way ever to boil wate. It Needs a Lot of cooling as well. Doesn't that Heat add to the Problem.? Your dismissal of the dangers of the waste is wrong. It's a World wide problem. it's About the COST if the other Matters don't sway you. Nev

they add a cent? per kWh to take care of decommissioning costs. They also make a lot of money exporting energy to country's who have spent billions on intermittent. Germany has 170GW of installed intermittent generation for a 60GW (72GW max 2025) grid and are still building. They also reprocess some of their spent fuel. If the spent fuel is buried in the proper way, i would not have a problem. Spent fuel is a public perception and political problem, not an engineering one. There is more chance of getting hit by a truck than injured from spent fuel. These costs seem large but NP can make a lot of energy. https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germanys-renewable-electricity-generation-capacity-rises-11-driven-solar

I guess we need to look at facts and figures rather than perception. When we think of immigrants, let's say from India, we tend to think of Uber or DoorDash rather than an engineer or a doctor. I am not sure what the stats would show. The music studios I have worked at have a high percentage of people who study music in Australia. The reason is that these music schools have a tough time finding qualified, reliable teachers. There is no bias towards employing people from other countries. Having managed one of these places myself, I can tell you that it is a case of "are you qualified? Are you reliable? Are you good at it? I have loads of ex-colleagues who came here as students and became productive members of society, and therefore were able to become permanent residents. It may well be different is some other industries.

You are required by law to enrol if you: ■ are 18 years of age or older ■ are an Australian citizen, and ■ have lived at your current address for at least a month. The gain Australian citizenship a person has to have been living here for four years, including one year being a permanent resident. Given the four year wait, a governing Party is not going to be importing supporters given the three year term of parliament. So I say that allegation of vote rigging does not stand up. What annoys me is that is seems a very large number of immigrants, especially from India, do not have teh qualifications or skills the country requires. I will concede that a lot of qualified immigrants cannot use their skills because of our laws that make it hard for qualifications gained overseas to be recognised. I suppose that is why we have foreign students gaining qulaifications here and then applying for residency and eventually citizenship.

Brendan, Wake up to yourself. This $#!t doesn't help the Forum. . Nev

Are there immigration figures for feb 2026? Short answer: not yet in a clean “monthly immigration” sense for February 2026—but there are related figures you can use, depending on what you mean. Monthly “arrivals” (closest thing available) The Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes monthly Overseas Arrivals and Departures (OAD) data. Latest release goes up to January 2026, not February yet Even when February is released, this dataset counts border crossings, not actual migrants (people can enter/leave multiple times) 👉 So: you can get February 2026 arrivals eventually, but it won’t equal “immigration”.

You get a Royal Flush every time at the Palace. Nev

Look it up. 100000 people in February alone. You lefties will never admit there is a problem

Just look at this sh!t show.

Individually we are intelligent beings. Just recall the last time you had to come up with a decision to some problem or task that was facing you. If you were successful, or not, your level of knowledge incerased. But that knowledge will remain inaccessible to the rest of us without a language to use to communicate it from you to us. The first method is the spoken word. After that the problem to be overcome is making a permanent record and that leads to writing. Once somethng is writeen people must learn to interpret your symbols, i.e. that's reading.

Language allows us to express ourselves and communicate. Intelligence is how well you Process information. Intelligence is not the same as knowledge. Knowledge is acquired. Nev

Lousy source of information, Brendan. Nev

I think it is crucially important that, whatever our views are, we try hard to present information that is accurate. The problem with a meme is that it can say anything, true, partially true or false, and this somehow becomes fact. Incorrect reporting of ABS data fuelling false claims Australia has a mass migration problem The report’s authors say that public commentators, activists and some media outlets are incorrectly using Permanent and Long-Term (PLT) movement data, which is collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), to claim Australia has a ‘migration problem’ and distort public understanding. This is despite repeated, clear comments from the ABS that PLT does not measure migration but instead records people coming in and out of Australia, and includes tourists, temporary visa holders, returning residents and repeated short absences. ANU Professor Alan Gamlen explains that net overseas migration (NOM) — the number of migrants arriving in Australia minus the number of migrants departing Australia — is in fact falling sharply and has been since June 2023. Approximately 838 people were added to Australia's population each day through net migration during the 2024–25 financial year [5.18, 5.21]. This daily figure is derived from Net Overseas Migration (NOM), which measures the number of people arriving in Australia minus those departing [5.27, 5.33]. It is the most accurate official measure for population growth, as it only counts individuals who stay in the country for at least 12 out of 16 months [5.27, 5.33]. Recent Migration Statistics (Daily Breakdown) Net Overseas Migration (NOM): In the 2024–25 financial year, NOM was 306,000, averaging roughly 838 people per day [5.18, 5.21]. This was a decrease from the record high of 538,000 (approx. 1,474 per day) seen in 2022–23 [5.21]. Gross Migrant Arrivals: About 1,556 people arrived daily (568,000 annually) in 2024–25 [5.18, 5.21]. However, many of these arrivals were offset by the roughly 720 people who departed daily during the same period [5.18, 5.21]. Permanent vs. Temporary: Of the daily arrivals, only about 252 people per day (92,000 annually) arrived on permanent visas, while the majority were on temporary visas, such as international students [5.3]. Distinguishing Different Data Measures Reports often cite different numbers depending on the metric used: Official NOM (Population Growth): Currently averages around 838–933 per day based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) [5.27, 5.33]. Net Permanent and Long-term (NPLT) Arrivals: This is a "raw" measure of border crossings often used as an early indicator [5.13, 5.32]. It is typically higher (sometimes cited as 1,160 to over 3,400 per day in specific record months like February) but can be misleading because it may count the same person multiple times if they travel frequently [5.1, 5.2, 5.11, 5.33].

Well, that makes the U.K. a poor candidate for sewer waste breakdown.

And what is the total cost of Frances nuclear energy, including decomissioning of nuclear power plants, disposing of nuclear waste, and the cost of nuclear accidents. Are you happy to have nuclear waste buried next to your house?

Where's your official references to this sweeping extreme right wing claim? - apart from regular One Nation outbursts?