Australia is just starting to feel the financial paralysis that is gripping Europe and America. We have been watching it coming for a few years.
By the time this crisis is fully developed, it will be unthinkable for ANY foreigner to work in Australia while there is an able bodied Australian ready to do the same job.
Jetstar is well behind the curve on this issue, as is Qantas, as is Gina Rhinehart. You may have heard Gillard at a Canberra mining conference this week asserting that ALL Australians own this countrys natural resources and they WILL get a share.
Believe me, Gillard is a moderate at present. There are nationalistic forces stirring - kicking out illegal immigrants, stopping immigration and closing mines if necessary to push the dollar down and keep Eastern state Australians in jobs are some of the ideas being pushed.
Twiggy Forrest and John Borghetti are Two business leaders who are ahead of the curve on this matter.
To put that another way - watch the greens increased vote at the next election. They are going to take away Labors left wing voters thanks to Craig Thompson, Bowen, Shorten, Fergussen and the like.
Last edited by Sunfish; 31st May 2012 at 20:47.