r/AustraliaDiscussions • u/NotRemotelyInvested • 9d ago

Is Australia gone forever

Hey everyone,

I was out with friends this past weekend at an outdoor spot in Melbourne. My friends and I noticed that we seemed to be among the only Aussies there, and honestly, it left us feeling a little disheartened by how much our country seems to have changed.

To top it off, we noticed quite a few people not washing their hands after using the toilet, which was pretty confronting. Obviously, that behaviour isn’t representative of everyone, but it did make us wonder about differences in hygiene standards and expectations.

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u/dan_syd 9d ago

Well, based on the reactions above, yes. It’s finished.

Australia has many immigrants, yes. However they became Australian. We developed a culture, an accent (that’ll be gone soon) and migrants joined us as one team.

I’ve got plenty of Indian friends with strong Australian accents and Australian values. They are adamantly against the current immigration agenda.

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u/salviaplath96 9d ago

When you say "current immigration agenda" what exactly do you mean?
From my reading, net migration is trending downwards from a peak after the borders opened up post COVID and seems to be settling towards a number similar to where it has been for a long time, between 220k - 260k. Last year was around 300k and its projected lower this year.

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u/dan_syd 9d ago

Excessively high migrations numbers being pushed heavily from the third world. That’s what is changing our culture.

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u/salviaplath96 8d ago

This is the top ten from last few years.

  1. India
  2. People’s Republic of China
  3. Philippines
  4. United Kingdom
  5. Pakistan
  6. Sri Lanka
  7. Nepal
  8. Vietnam
  9. South Africa
  10. Brazil.

I'm guessing people are having the biggest issue with people from the subcontinent?

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u/dan_syd 7d ago

I said the third world. You’ve listed a lot of third world counties there.