Glassed by immigration, allegedly

July 30th, 2008, Gold Coast Bulletin:

BEN Felgate ... was attacked trying to defend his girlfriend Stevie during an altercation at Cocktails and Dreams nightclub about 4am on Sunday.

His attacker -- described as being of middle-eastern appearance, about 170cm tall, and wearing a rainbow-coloured jumper -- slammed a glass in his face before fleeing ...

Ben is not the only Gold Coaster to have his world rocked by such a cruel act and the Gold Coast Bulletin is calling for glass to be banned from licensed premises to end this sickening and cowardly crime ...

How about calling for a ban on Middle Eastern immigration? Did the glass do it, or did the immigrant do it?

Rental crisis leaves family out in cold

June 14, 2008, Herald Sun:

A FAMILY of 13 were bunking down on the floor of an acquaintance's house last night as Victoria's rental crisis hit a critical new low.

The two adults and 11 children, refugees from Afghanistan, had feared ending up on Melbourne's cold streets after a desperate search for emergency housing failed to turn up suitable accommodation.

Father Hussein Zaghar declined the only emergency accommodation offered late in the day -- a one-room cabin at a caravan park 80km from Melbourne ...

The exhausted parents last night accepted a last-minute offer to bunk down at the home of a St Albans acquaintance, another ex-Afghan refugee.

"The acquaintance lives with his wife and seven children in a five-bedroom home in Hillside," Ms Heaney said. "That makes a total of four adults and 18 children sleeping on the floors for the weekend, when the search will start again."

That's two self-inflicted problems for the price of one: immigration causing a housing crisis, and their birthrates are off the scale - making the future problem twice as bad. Somebody take the razor blades off the Australian public who keep voting for self-harm.

John Brumby warns of dangers in growing too fast

July 28, 2008, Herald Sun:

JOHN Brumby has conceded Victoria's population growth is pushing its limits, thanks to the baby boom and immigration ...

In his strongest comments yet on the state's booming population, he said: "I think we are probably at the limits of growth." ...

While stressing the strength of the state's multiculturalism and its value, he said immigration had doubled over five years and Victoria had attracted a quarter to a third of that intake.

Too much common sense. Need to sit down ...