Don - you say "the article is a little biased.
Yep, and so is the source of your info mate. It all is.
Were you there? No, then stop pretending you have the "facts". You just choose to believe whatever you are told to fit your view of the story. The opposite side of the argument is trying to form an opinion based on what information is available.
The guy you are arguing with started off by saying "as written".
Really. You know that for sure. I'm not saying what my part in the episode was. Suffice to say I was a lot closer to it than you mate.
Forgot to mention this too Don . . .
"Until that time we live in a democracy that values our right to have a say in who moves here from overseas and under what circumstances."
Actually mate just because you think you elected the leaders in Canberra does not mean you then get to tell them who who moves here from overseas . . .
its not a committee.
I don't tell the politicians what to do, public opinion does. At this point in time the vast majority of public opinion believes in a hard line on immigration. Our laws reflect that. Mate!