Immigration debate continues to bubble as pro- and anti- argue it out
Friday, 05 February 2010 08:27
The Australian has offered its columns to supporters and opponents of the growth in immigration foreshadowed recently by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The opponents argue that environment and infrastructure are too fragile and thin to support a rapid and major growth in immigration. Supporters see immigration as a major contributor to economic growth, and the problems in environmental and urban infrastructure management as political issues that need to be fixed whatever the immigration rate.
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Michael Danby 5 Feb 2010
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/its-better-for-us-to-sustain-skilled-migration/story-e6frg6zo-1225826885575
Barry Cohen 2 Feb 2010
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/populate-and-we-will-perish/story-e6frg6zo-1225825667779
Scott Morrison 22 Jan 2010
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/growth-is-good-when-managed-well/story-e6frg6zo-1225822300465
and get the take from Beijing (as China now is the source of nearly 1 million visitors a year including 30,000 immigrants)
Xinhua/ China Daily
Australian
immigration debate not branded racist 25 Jan 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2010-01/25/content_9373660.htm
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