Texan wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:55 pm
Is there a political party in Australia that want's to control immigration? That's who you vote for.
Virtually all political parties downunder want to control immigration. Of course, it all depends on how they want it controlled and whether that control will benefit or harm Australian society.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party (or as I prefer to call them, the PHONies) is perhaps the most notorious for this. She started out in the mid 1990s attacking Asian immigration. She was then gaoled for fraud. That conviction was quashed after intervention of the then Prime Minister. She was then in the political wilderness for the next 15 years before coming back to the PHONies. Now, she attacks primarily Muslim immigration. This is obviously, like her previous attacks on Asian immigration intended to find support amongst the fringe of Australian voters. It has divided Australian society and lost her and her party a lot of support amongst mainstream voters. Economically, they are a Left Wing party but socially they are a Right Wing party. They seek to control individuals in a big way.
The Greens Party seeks to control immigration but wants to bring the illegal immigrants imprisoned on Nauru and Manus Islands to Australia out of mercy. They are a left-wing party and advocate Green policies generally.
The Nationals are generally a right-wing party. They were formerly called the Country Party but changed their name in the early 1980s. They seek to also control immigration - so that it favours the country/regional areas of Australia which is where most of their support is. They also seek to stop illegal immigration and also to stop legal Asylum Seekers from reaching Australia. They are in coalition with the Liberals in the present Federal Government.
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is a centre-left party. They also seek to control immigration but tend to be more lenient than the Tory Party (Liberal Party). They also seek to stop illegal immigration but tend to be more lenient towards legal Asylum Seekers from Australia.
The Liberal Party or as I prefer to call them, the Tories, also seek to control immigration but are more harsh in their language and what they are seeking to do. They seek to stop illegal immigration and also to stop legal Asylum Seekers from reaching Australia. They are basically doing this to differentiate themselves from the ALP . They also seek to prevent leakage of their supporters to the PHONies.
Those are the mainstream parties. There are numerous other fringe parties with only minor support. There are also independents, with again, even smaller support amongst Australian voters. Many of them are basically outright racist and sectarian in their viewpoints.
Generally, most Australians support legal immigration. It is Asylum Seekers, Refugees and illegal immigrants where the most division amongst Australians occur.
For myself, immigration does need to be controlled. We are far enough away and disconnected enough from other countries to manage it easily. Asylum Seekers are legally allowed to claim Asylum, no matter what the Government or their supporters might prefer. Refugees are Asylum Seekers who have been granted that status, either on our borders or overseas in Refugee camps and brought here by the Government.
Illegal immigrants get what they basically deserve for circumventing the Immigration laws. However, despite what is claimed, illegal immigration is basically ignored by the Federal Government in favour of attacking the easier policed Asylum Seekers who arrive primarily by boat. Visa overstayers are the largest source of Illegal Immigrants and need a great deal more policing IMO. Of course, that'd mean we'd be seeing queues of primarily White, European tourists being paraded through airports and put on planes and sent home. Not a good move for the Government.
Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism. - Eric Blair
