The Editor
Sydney Morning Herald.
Dear Editor,
With an unelected Prime Minister – chosen by a mob of
faceless labor leaders, we consider Labor is more racial against those 457 Visa
workers from China as the current Government has increased the English Test and
its former Immigration Minister –Arthur Calwell made the statement in the 50s
that “2 wongs don’t make a white”
We sincerely hope the Liberals will be less racial towards
those 457 Visa workers from China.
Yours sincerely,
Eddie Hwang
President
Unity Party WA
Phone/Fax: 61893681884
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party that calls a spade a spade.
Gillard, Abbott in row over 'foreigners
From:AAP -
March 05, 2013 1
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition
Leader Tony Abbott are trading shots over which one of them is stoking fears
about immigration.
Mr Abbott has accused the prime minister of demonising
foreigners with a crackdown on the 457 temporary foreign worker visa program.
He said trying to turn people against them was the last
thing Ms Gillard should be doing, especially in western Sydney.
People on 457 visas who have come to Australia
"the right way" were the best possible migrants, the opposition
leader said.
Ms Gillard hit back on Tuesday, saying Mr Abbott's
words rang hollow.
"This is the man, who in the run-up to 2010
campaign and almost every day since has been out in the community ... trying to
raise fear," she told Sky News, citing Mr Abbott's use of terms such as
"peaceful invasion" to describe a surge in arrivals of asylum seekers
by boats.
As well, the opposition leader had let his immigration
spokesman Scott Morrison "stoke community fears day after day".
Ms Gillard defended her government's decision to
tighten the 457 program, saying it had been riddled with rorts.
She admitted the decision had been made after she and
other Labor MPs heard concerns from the community about foreign workers being
preferred over Australians.
"My view is that we have a migration system that
is about permanent migrants coming to our country, getting a job, being real
contributors to building the nation," Ms Gillard said.
She said when there were temporary skill shortages, the
government relied on 457 visas.
"But they've got to be properly administered so
Australians have the reassurance of knowing if they're there with the skills,
ready to do the job, then they get the job," the prime minister said.
Ms Gillard said Mr Abbott was stoking fear on the one
hand while saying 457 visas would be a mainstay of the coalition's immigration
system.
"Well, he needs to explain that and justify that
to Australian workers who too many times worry that they or their children are
going to miss out on a work opportunity," she told ABC TV.
The Migration Institute says politicians should focus
on the facts around the program and not engage in a slanging match ahead of the
September 14 federal election.
"I just think we need a steady mind and calm
conversation going on around it, and not pitting Australian workers against
some of these overseas people," chief executive Maurene Horder said.
"That's the thing I'm a little bit alarmed about -
that we don't develop a political bunfight for the purposes of an election.
Liberal frontbencher Simon Birmingham said the Gillard
government had allowed 457 visas to reach their highest number ever.
"They have had five years to address this,"
he told Sky News, adding the prime minister had produced no evidence of
rorting.
"This is just about creating a smokescreen."
Mr Abbott said the Howard government introduced a
perfectly good system for foreign workers.
"From day one people who are coming here on 457
visas are joining a team and they are making a contribution," he told
reporters in Melbourne.
"This a great part of the Australian story."
Mr Abbott said the government was tolerating asylum
seekers coming to Australia and going straight onto welfare.
"And they are demonising people coming to this
country and working from day one," he said.
He questioned why Ms Gillard was trying to divide
Australians.
"First of all we had the false class war, then we
had the false gender war, now we have got the false birthplace war."
The opposition leader stood by Mr Morrison's suggestion
that asylum seekers with bridging visas report their location to local
authorities.
