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[In a chat on Sky News last night about the Greens' proposal to get our refugee intake up to 50,000, Mr Dutton said: "They won't be numerate or literate in their own language, let alone English. These people would be taking Australian jobs, there's no question about that. For many of them that would be unemployed, they would languish in unemployment queues and on Medicare and the rest of it, so there would be huge cost and there's no sense in sugar-coating that, that's the scenario."]

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In a chat on Sky News last night about the Greens' proposal to get our refugee intake up to 50,000, Mr Dutton said: "They won't be numerate or literate in their own language, let alone English. These people would be taking Australian jobs, there's no question about that. For many of them that would be unemployed, they would languish in unemployment queues and on Medicare and the rest of it, so there would be huge cost and there's no sense in sugar-coating that, that's the scenario."

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http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2016/05/17/refugees-will-take-australian-jobs--dutton.html

To be clear: they'll take all our jobs and also they won't get jobs.

Could he be genuinely oblivious to the fact that many asylum seekers are highly educated and qualified people fleeing their country for political reasons? That there is a long history of refugees contributing to Australia?

Hell, down here in South Australia our Governor is a former refugee. But I guess if some Anglo Saxon wanted that gig, the Honourable Hieu Van Le nicked it from him.


Immigration Minister Peter Dutton. (Picture: Bradley Cooper)

The only other explanation is that Mr Dutton is reaching out to Australians' basest instincts; he's deliberately feeding into red-neck mouth-breathing fears.

Either way, it's appalling conduct for a Minister.

Mega-brain author, George Megalogenis, in his latest book Second Chance, writes that more people bring more prosperity.

He has mapped out Australia's history and found that as we increase our migrant intake and diversity, we get richer (and not just in the fabric of our society, in actual cold, hard cash).

Then, the cycle goes, we get mean and insular. We want to protect all that we have built up from those grabby foreigners. The waves of immigrants that give those who are already settled the heebie jeebies. Because their fears blind them to the very real contributions immigrants and refugees make.

So we clamp down on people coming in. And, Megalogenis argues, that kicks off the downturn in our economy.

It's sweet, yes? Generosity brings material rewards. Not to mention how good it feels to not be an utter arsehat.

Dutton's right on one thing; it's important not to sugarcoat the situation. Plenty of refugees have suffered civil war, rape, torture. They may not be able to slot swiftly into the Federal Government's new internship program.

As it happened: Turnbull backs Dutton over 'illiterate' refugee comments
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-18/live-federal-election-blog-may-18/7423146
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has backed Peter Dutton, saying he is an "excellent" Immigration Minister and that he is right to say that many of the refugees who could head to Australia are illiterate.

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THE victim of a vicious late night mugging in Borroloola feared she would be raped and killed by a gang of five teenage attackers, the Supreme Court has heard.

Three of the teens – one of them who was the victim's then 14-year-old nephew – were sentenced to jail on Friday following a jury trial late last month.

In sentencing, it was revealed two of the teens were already serving time for the later rape of another woman in Borroloola, which former Chief Justice Trevor Riley said at the time had left him "shocked and appalled".

Two of the five teens involved – including one who was 13 at the time of the attack – had previously pleaded guilty to lesser charges and gave evidence against the three attackers who were sentenced on Friday.

Justice Judith Kelly said the boys had heard the woman would be walking home that night with cash from a card game and hatched a plan to rob her.

"(You) punched her in the head ... (you) all took part in punching her and kicking her," she said.

The boys then dragged the woman away and continued attacking her.

"I can't be sure who did the actual dragging but you were all part of it," Justice Kelly said.

"What you boys did to her was terrible ... she thought you were going to rape her and kill her."

During the attack, the boys searched the woman's pockets, but did not find anything.

One of them then undid the woman's bra, where they found the money, a pouch of tobacco and a baggy of ­cannabis.

One of the boys who was later convicted of rape tried to pull down the pants of the woman.

But several of the other boys stepped back from the attack and the woman "redoubled" her efforts in kicking them away.

The boys, all of whose names have been suppressed, then took off into the night to get stoned.

The nephew of the victim was sentenced to four years imprisonment to be suspended after 18 months.

The two who were already serving time for the rape had their existing jail sentences extended from six years to seven years and 6 months, and 7 years and two months ­respectively.

[AN unlikely feud has broken out between 80s comedy identity Austen Tayshus and Tennant Creek's Memorial Club.]

http://www.ntnews.com.au/entertainment/austen-tayshus-upsets-crowd-in-small-town-territory-gig/news-story/1b98abcb7d95949cd1816fc250580d32

AN unlikely feud has broken out between 80s comedy identity Austen Tayshus and Tennant Creek's Memorial Club.

Club manager John Baker said Austen Tayshus — most famous for his spoken word pun-filled piece Australiana — bombed on stage last week.

Mr Baker said some "racial comments" by Austen Tayshus didn't go down well with the Thursday night crowd, leading the comedian to make an early exit. "He scarpered, thank Christ, before someone could bash him," he said.

But Austen Tayshus rejected suggestions of racism in the show which he said relied heavily on irony.

"I'm an intellectual. My shows are provocative and challenging but they're certainly not racist and if they're interpreted that way, that's not my problem," he said.

When asked why punters at the Tennant Creek show misinterpreted his comedy as racist, Austen Tayshus was blunt. "Because a lot of people are thick," he said. The comedian said he struggled to hold the attention of a crowd more interested in the footy on the big screen.

"Because a lot of people are thick," he said. The comedian said he struggled to hold the attention of a crowd more interested in the footy on the big screen.

Austen Tayshus is the stage name of Jewish Australian comedian Alexander Jacob Gutman. He is best known for the 1983 comedy single "Australiana", a spoken word piece filled with Australian puns; it is Australia's best-selling single ever.

Austen Tayshus: Australiana

Austen Tayshus in "black-face" defending Abo rights

It doesn't matter if White people are in third world countries or not. You have to watch these third world people in any place!

It is interesting to see how they live. However you'll soon get homesick.. and damn tired of these "seagulls" from having a feeding frenzy on your wallet and bugging you! All sorts of cunning sales tricks and deceit to rip you off ... or they get upset about not receiving/not getting enough tip off you for a service you initially didn't agree for them to provide you with.

Yeah their places are cheap by our standards but crazy stuff happens to you every day when you are there and it is like playing chess with the universe and a lot of stress when you are there, so you need to ask yourself if you really want a holiday. If you do want a holiday then you'll have to pay more for a tour group and a hotel where prices are included and nobody demands tips for every little thing! If not get some camouflage and dress as the locals do with some sunnies on.

That's the trade off. You get a cheap holiday but it isn't really cheap when you consider the prices the shonks want to charge foreigners only. Then there is the haggling and stuff lack of price tags, no cab meters, pricks that want to charge you fees in Western currency and not the currency of the country.

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COALITION MP George Christensen has caused a stir by saying he does not want Syrian refugees resettled in his regional Queensland seat.

The Member for Dawson — who is set to host an election campaign visit by former prime minister Tony Abbott this week — says on his Facebook page he had sought assurances the refugees would not be resettled in his electorate.