Abandoning Principle

Although lacking in intellectual rigour, the Albanese plan to limit the influx of foreign students should be welcomed.

The overseas student scheme has been an immigration racket for years that has done untold damage to Australian's quality of life.

Firstly, catering to these cash-cows has seen universities dumb down their degrees to such an extent that plagiarism and being a non-english speaker are no reason to fail.

I should qualify that.

They are both acceptable if you are paying big fees and have a chance of accusing the university of racism if they don't let you pass. For anyone else, they may cause a genuine problem.

The bottom line is that the quality of degrees from Australian Universities is woefully low while the fees are appallingly high.

Just to add insult to injury, the taxpayer has loaned over $80 billion to students to attend these institutions with $20 billion of that identified as 'will never be repaid'.

Talk about value for money!

But it's the International students where all the money is made. It's a multi-billion 'industry' that has delivered an additional 2.8 million people 'resident' in Australia.

That's 2.8 million people using our services, accessing housing and drinking 'bubble teas' while 'studying' for an almost useless piece of paper. Many will then use their student status here to apply for visas that ultimately will deliver them permanent residency.

In short, our overseas student scheme is a means of paying for a backdoor residency visa. In other words, it's a sham.

Little wonder we've got a housing crisis...and any number of other crisis.

Incredibly, although the Albanese government has a (rather pathetic) proposal to cap student (and hence migrant) numbers, the Coalition have now decided not to support it.

Again, they'll justify their actions on some minor detail or two but the position has clearly been taken for base political purposes.

Here's the excuse.

The opposition’s education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson, immigration spokesman Dan Tehan and home affairs spokesman James Paterson said they would not support the legislation because it would ultimately fail to address the housing crisis.

I agree, it would fail to address the housing crisis but it would still be a start.

Unfortunately the Coalition is just as wedded to a big immigration program as the Labor Party.

They both know it's only this Ponzi scheme that is keeping our economy afloat and they care more about the headline economic numbers than the quality of life for Australian citizens.

You see, our economic wellbeing (per capita) is going backwards even while the government tells us how well the country is doing.

It's a scandalous abrogation of duty to the nation and almost all our politicians are in on it. That's because their wellbeing (and fat monthly salaries) are linked to the statistics they champion.

For the rest of us, to paraphrase the words of one out of touch elite, I suppose we can just eat cake.

P.S - Even the appalling leftist Prime Minister of Canada has woken up to the (electoral) perils of mass immigration. Here he is announcing a freeze on his own disastrous policies. Why can't we see the same here?

“Come November, the American people will have the chance to re-declare their independence. Americans will have a chance to vote for trade, immigration and foreign policies that put our citizens first. They will have the chance to reject today's rule by the global elite, and to embrace real change that delivers a government of, by and for the people."
Donald Trump