Funny racist commerical

I really needed a laugh after this week of  hysteria about the ‘Invasion of the Boatpeople”.
This commercial did it for me – I hope it gives you a laugh too, for this Sunday Funday.

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An “inevitable cycle of bloodshed and multicultural street festivals”

Friend A: “I like Adelaide better than Melbourne. When you walk around some parts of Melbourne you don’t even feel like you are in Australia, with the mosques everywhere. I think the government is letting in too many people who are different to us.”
Friend B “We are peaceful and hard working. Not like a lot [...]

Pass the IELTS? Do not learn English if you want a visa

Why do so many international students have problems with the level of English language they need for their studies?
Why do so many people on skilled visas not get jobs in Australia, even though they are highly qualified?
Because it is possible to pass the IELTS at a high level with barely a word of English.
International students [...]

Which goods are produced by children and slaves?

(I am breaking my own rule here, because this item is not about maginalised migrants- but I felt it was too important not to publicise as widely as possible. And, indeed, the Australian 457 visa has come dangerously close to producing forced labour Chinese slave labour in Australia )
Change.org reports that the US Department of Labor [...]

In India Gillard bears gifts, Crean wags a finger; in Australia Indian students march

Thousands of overseas students marched in Sydney and Melbourne yesterday, watched by by-standers, riot police and an international television audience.
Indian and Chinese media followed the marches across Australia, airing the grievances international students have over safety, accommodation, visas, shonky institutions and travel concessions. Denial of equal rights brings students to the streets
Meanwhile, Julia Gillard is [...]

Union asks for ban on foreign students in trade jobs

The Australian Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) is concerned that international student students will work for very little or for nothing to get the experience that they need to apply for permanent residency. Calls for review of Australian visa holders work rights
The Union wants the Federal Government to examine the effect visiting students [...]

457 visa numbers drop

The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Evans, released a summary report for the subclass 457 business (long stay) visa for June 2008-09 this week.

Primary applications lodged in 2008-09 were 11 per cent below as compared to previous term
Primary applications granted also slipped by 13 per cent below last year
Primary visa applications in June 2009 [...]

Australia on trial in first Southeast Asian Court of Women

The first Southeast Asian Court of Women on HIV and Human Trafficking is being held in Bali. More than 20 Southeast Asian women have narrated their personal stories of exploitation and abuse.
I have been concerned about the 457 visa because, whatever controls the government may put in place, the worker is still beholden to the [...]

Chinese slave labour in Australia

Chinese migrant workers employed by Perth construction firm Kentwood on 457 visas were paid less than $3 an hour. They sometimes worked 11 hours a day, seven days a week. Chinese migrants work in ’slave labour’ conditions
The individual amounts paid ranged from $7502 to $12,405 for between 9 and 14 months’ work.
The Fair Work Ombudsman [...]

Rapacious agents chase international students

Migration agents mobbed international students as they left a meeting about the closure of their Sydney college, making offers to find them better deals overseas, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
The Herald quotes a community welfare student, Sandeep Kaur, who said she was annoyed consultants were trying to offer a better deal on an education in [...]