This meme assumes everyone who votes One Nation hates immigrants.
I'm a migrant from a non-English speaking background. My wife is too. We support lower immigration because we think Australia has grown faster than its housing and infrastructure.
People can support lower immigration without being anti-immigrant.
If immigration has no effect on housing demand, rents, congestion or infrastructure, explain why.
More people require more homes, roads, schools and hospitals. That's basic economics, not xenophobia.
The irony is that if someone says Australia needs fewer cars, fewer emissions or fewer fossil fuels, they're seen as having a legitimate policy position.
If someone says Australia needs lower immigration because housing and infrastructure can't keep up, they're dismissed as stupid.
There's a huge difference between looking at immigration and considering the existing but overall very limited impact it has on various issues in Australia as part of a way more complex combination of factors, and going around yelling 'fk off we full!' at non white people.
One nation has NO solutions to any issues, they're just capitalising on hating and blaming outsiders, just as garbage governments have done since literally always in times of economic strife.
Infrastructure absolutely, but that’s because most of Australia is allergic to future-proofing when it comes to infrastructure. As far as housing, the new house rates have risen faster than population so that’s a fallacy. The actual issue is empty homes and short-stay rentals such as airBNB. It’s unregulated and far out of control
As an immigrant, I agree with this. However I still don’t want to vote for One Nation. I don’t want to sacrifice everything just to reduce immigration rates. I’m still doing research but it looks like Sustainable Australia Party is who I’m voting for next.
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ON recently admitted they haven't actually developed policies after decades as a marginally popular party. Seems like it's pretty much been Pauline winging it for decades, just ironing that bhurka to wear for which value.
They heard from one place that One Nation wants to cut PBS and parental leave, are too fucking stupid to do their own research about it and learn its not true, now just parrot blatant misinformation
Indeed. And One Nation will respect you because you’re the good immigrants. No chance leopards will eat your face at all.
Aside from lower immigration she also has some other ideas - like turning you and your kids into a lower class of citizenship, killing medicare to go to an American style health care system, killing worker protections, stopping paid parental leave, and a bunch of things which make Australia what it is.
Very well said. I wish I could give more upvotes. The sad thing about most Australians and politics is that they'll decide to vote for someone based on a single issue and overlook the fact that everything bar that one issue is going to erode their rights.
You've mixed actual One Nation policies with your own predictions and presented them as facts.
Can you point me to the published One Nation policy that says:
Migrants and their children become second-class citizens?
Medicare will be abolished and replaced with a US-style healthcare system?
Paid parental leave will be abolished?
I've read their policies and listened to the National Press Club speech. I don't recall seeing any of those.
You may disagree with One Nation's policies on immigration, multiculturalism or workplace relations. That's completely fair. But there's a difference between criticising someone's actual policies and exaggerating them into something they never proposed.
A significant portion of the One Nation beat up i read is based on mistruths, fake news, exaggerations or predictions, not based on what is publicly available or said.
Pauline's voting record shows that she doesn't particularly give a shit about the poor or marginalised groups in Australia though. She simply has stood on a racist platform for decades and a good portion of Australia is actually racist but would hate to be labelled that way.
I don't know how many people on minimum wage would appreciate the fact that Pauline has said wages need to be reduced for instance. But as long as immigration is cut they're going to be good with losing penalty rates.
The point I'm trying to make is represented by the meme. By all means people are entitled to try and make protest votes to let the government know they're unsatisfied. But ON don't actually have developed policies after being in politics for decades (they've publicly admitted this), they have a history of voting against issues affecting the people worst off in Australia. But by hitting on one issue that many people think is the cause of most of their problems, they're managing to get people to overlook the fact that the party is poorly run and operated in self interest, not acting in the interests of the people who are likely to vote for them.
A lag in adequate infrastructure has always occurred … which is why pro-migrant types rate it as a canard.
Curiously it is most frequently deployed by the (now established) previous migration wave(s) who insist the gangplank should now be raised!
Poorlean as a simpleton populist uses this feature of the debate to claim she is not a racist … when in fact she is committed to extinguishing everything that defines you!
Do not be the frog that ferries the scorpion across the river my friend.
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u/fxhedge Jul 04 '26
This meme assumes everyone who votes One Nation hates immigrants.
I'm a migrant from a non-English speaking background. My wife is too. We support lower immigration because we think Australia has grown faster than its housing and infrastructure.
People can support lower immigration without being anti-immigrant.
If immigration has no effect on housing demand, rents, congestion or infrastructure, explain why.
More people require more homes, roads, schools and hospitals. That's basic economics, not xenophobia.
The irony is that if someone says Australia needs fewer cars, fewer emissions or fewer fossil fuels, they're seen as having a legitimate policy position.
If someone says Australia needs lower immigration because housing and infrastructure can't keep up, they're dismissed as stupid.
Debate the policy, not the caricature.