Do you think so called detainees/refugees make up stories to stay in Australia?
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Im Australian and Im of the opinion that if these boats initially land in Indonesia then thats where they should be seeking asylum..After all the whole point is to escape your home country not pick and choose where you want to live...However you also cant blame these people for wanting to stay once there here because our country is so damn lucky compared with 99% of the world who wouldnt want to stay?
642699
thanks for the laugh! I'll have to remember that one.\n\nSeriously though, I'm an Aussie and a person from Melbourne is called a Melbournian. Northern or Australian Capital Territory dwellers are called Territorians, Western Aussies don't really have a nickname, but we do (no word of a lie) tend to call the Tasmanians Inbreeders.\n\nIt's in our nature to insult eachother. We enjoy it and the other always finds it funny. We might sound crazy, but at least we get along and have a sense of humour.\n\nNo civil war will ever occur here.\n\nP.S. Those Sheep Shagging Kiwis love to take the piss out of us too. That's why we are such good neighbours.
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well it would have to be an american to answer but wha ti will say being a resident from another country i do find it funny that in wars americans seen to kill more of then self then the other people do kill them.\n\nif they wanted to live join the australian defence force
975930
yeah...happens all the time...just has to be enough truth to make it a story...\n\nmost of the stories are not 100% accurate, if you have ever been part of a news story...you definitely know what i mean.
775123
there are a couple of CNN reports on this including one\nwhich mentions Britain giving money & British ships taking evacuees. I think there's something about the prisoners from the jail being taken to another prison...\n\nhop it helps & is not too late for you
254264
Many. many people do.  Despite the abuses in Abu Gahrib and allegations of abuse in Guantanamo, the fact is that we can complain about that in this country whereas the same complaints in another country would land you in a prison worse than one of those.
23554
Yes, people have.  I know from personal experience plus the stories are too numerous and consistent for that not to be the case.  As for why people get abducted.... That is too effing complicated to go into right now.  >_<
944584
no Aussies are warm and great people.....i was an immigrant to australia....and i find that if you are able to integrate into their society....(which is amazing).....everyone's cool
926610
I have just recently moved out of Melbourne an Australian capital city  because it is like going to Hong Kong on a daily basis.\nMelbourne as a city has several suburbs  Richmond,Footscray,\n Box Hill,  That have become almost entirely immigrant suburbs.\nBad luck to the people that used to live there before most of them have sold up and moved on.One really good joke though is that immigrants have started moving into Toorak and South Yarra\nwhere once only the very rich folks lived.\nPeople in Sydney know what i am talking about too\nAnd tonight I see the muslim mufti saying he is a muslim first not an Australian   which will probably in the papers here tomorrow\nAustralia is a very tolerent nation but i think we have had about enough \n time for the stupid goverment to stop giving our country away
562597
Discrimination exists in every country. BY lumping all Australians together in your question you are treading the same path.
380307
There are many many Aussies on Anwers. I saw a story on Answers today online at the Brisbane Courier. I've ansked and answered many questions from Aussies and have seen many posts from Aussies as well.
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Only and Only mixing more and more with internation people will make u understand and ease the tension the world is having for a quite long time now.I am a bangladeshi and been to australia and stayed there for 7 years-and that really made me understand why the Australian authority always rejects south east asia's peoples application to allow them to stay in their country---its not xenophobia(fear of aliens) as the south east media would like to potray about the mentality of australian people.I am not gonna elaborate on that,but I know now that most australian people are one the most honest,decent,fun loving,kind hearted nation on earth.I met the british,the greeks and a lot of other people to understand that they started to hate the muslims or arabs or asians only after the media started this dirty game of potraying foreigners(from arab and asia)as evils.If u are an american,u r now potrayed as evil as well in the middle eastern too.But,to be very honest-if u could go pass the media mayhem and say hello to an young bangladeshi,you are definitely going to end up being freinds.....every human being has the same emotions....but he or she is right now a bit of hesitant because of the media.Remember one thing,If u are looking at an animal and feel scared,it is also feeling the same about you.And this rule is applicabale to human beings too.....bye for now.Have a truly nice life full with friends everywhere in the globe unlike the politicians.
977810
I doubt that they do..Im not Aussie ...:D
817478
No. its called land of the free. free for all, free housing, electric, gas, rates, phone bills, etc, etc, nothing to do with the Stan's, just free loading asylum seekers who spoil it for the genuine ones
1038854
are you kidding? I have happy times in the past, but I would rewrite in a heart beat,  people tell you they won't are liars.  It is nice just to dream about it, thanks for the question.\n\nI still want to keep my hubby in the new story, but change a whole lot of other staff:)
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Yes, I would also get sad hearing this, if it was true.\n\nUsually there is no good trying to push your own culture down on the throat of people from another culture. It only brings anarchy and violence and hidden aggression that will erupt again and again in the future like a volcano - see Gaza region... hummm!\nNo comment.\n\nIs it this why you want to emigrate, are you Iraki? :)\nPerhaps muslim, too?\nCause if they wanted to convert my country to a new religion, maybe I also would take all I have and I would not stop before Australia or Iceland, nay, I swear to Allah or God or however you call him, I wouldn't!!!\n\nNo fears here, I am a neutral and international kid. European. Free thinker.\n\nOkay, thanx for 10 points, anyway! It was a nice surprise. This week it was the second best answer I got!\n:)
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I have a best friend in Sydney, a true "Australian", born and raised there...and he's the most wonderful person I know!  I flew over there to visit, about 7 years ago...and everywhere I went, I met the most awesome people!  Australia was originally a penal colony, a place where England/Great Britain sent their convicts.  The Australians are a people founded on that, and many spend years tracing their roots, hoping to find that one of their ancestors WAS a convict.  They've taken that penal colony, and made it into a really great country, with the openess and democracy of American combined with the strength, fortitude and resolve of the Brits.  They're a strong, proud people, and if you ever get the chance to visit....you'll be like me, and not want to go home!  They share a dual-citizenship status with America, unlike Britain, who doesn't.  Every year, there are around 500 Americans who become Australian citizens and spend the rest of their lives there.  The country is beautiful, and you can be in the mountains one minute, and an hour later, be lazing on the beach!  They embrace the Aborigine culture, and you see it wherever you go in artwork, in names of cities, towns, streets, etc. (Wollongong, Parrametta, Coolangotta).  Their towns and cities and highways are clean, trash-free, and while there, I went through all areas of Sydney, and saw NO slums, NO graffiti, NO homeless, NO crime.  One of the friendliest nations in the world, and well worth the money spent to visit, if you get the chance!  And my having a southern accent (from Georgia in the US) seemed to be so cool to them! :)