The Australian Greens have responded to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s call for halving immigration with the following drivel:
We truly are living in Bizarro World when the self-proclaimed defenders of the environment and social justice champion the very policy – mass immigration-driven population growth – that is most destructive to Australia’s natural environment, as well as causing mass disenfranchisement among working classes and youth, not to mention robbing developing nations of their talent. And all of this simply to favour a corporate clique of banks, realty and retailers.
On these points, The Greens might want to examine what former leader Bob Brown had to say about immigration in episode one of The Lucky Country with Richard Dennis:
“Well I think Dick Smith has his alarm bells going on this… It’s really tied up with growth economics and the future of our society. We need prosperity, but can we continue to consume more out of a finite planet? And the answer ultimately is no, we can’t. So how are we going to make this transfer?”…
“It’s the immigration policy that is actually leading to the fairly rapid growth in Australia’s population. And ultimately, that can mean a decline in living standards rather than an increase. And I tried very hard in parliament… to look at – because it is tied to growth economics – the big section of that immigration intake is people that can pay $750,000 to come into the country or have high skills, which would be much better-off used back in their poorer countries. Or who are well-off. A very, very small section come as refugees compared to that number. And the question is, have we got that mix right. I don’t think we have”.
The Greens are so stupid that they fail to comprehend that mass immigration overwhelmingly favours corporations over ordinary Australians, as explained by former Treasury secretary turned NAB chairman, Ken Henry:
Research NAB carried out earlier in the year showed that among our customers there’s not wholesale support for a larger Australia. For many, the prospect of a higher Australian population means more stress in the ability to buy a house, to live where you want to live, to get to work with a reasonable commute time. And many in the community are also concerned about our ability, as a nation, to maintain norms of Australian social and economic inclusion, and to continue to provide access to high quality services in areas such as healthcare and education…
But what is the business perspective? The same NAB research showed that most of our business customers would strongly prefer a larger population, which supports better business growth.
Former leader, Bob Brown, also made a similar point last year:
“It’s no good in complaining about the world’s environmental problems if you vote for the people that want to put their foot on the accelerator of a growth economy.”
The term “useful idiots” does not go far enough to describe The Greens. These are useless idiots.
Thankfully, of the 200-plus comments on this post, at least three-quarters are scathing and support the environmentally and socially responsible path of lowering immigration.
