[edcoil]

Can one of our friends downunder tell me what the ratio of conservative vs liberal breakdown is in the current government?

Can this get done?

[BW2221]

George Bush is a compassionate conservative (conservative when it suits his purposes). John Howard is a real conservative.

[domenad]

I tell you, I love Australia.

[mikeus_maximus]

The more I hear about that country, the more I wish I had a transportable career.

[RightWhale]

sign up to undefined Australian values

Seems fair dinkum. Who wouldn't want to be fair dinkum?

[The Great RJ]

Ther was a time when this was the law in the US too. My great grandfather had to speak, read and write English before he could get his citizenship.

[dangus]

Crikey! M'Shiela, M'ankle-biter 'n'me 's'it's heapsa'acid if da blokes kin nut out a nipper to save bikkies on da Uni teaching strine to reffos!

[stainlessbanner]

bttt

[Gay State Conservative]

Crikey! Imagine an English speaking country wanting *all* of its citizens to speak English.

Shocking! Simply shocking!

[Gay State Conservative]

Next,that facist Howard will require that they all know the words to Waltzing Matilda.

[TrebleRebel]

G'day, 3 schooners of VB mate.

Translation: Hello, may I have 3 pints of your best Victoria Bitter, stout yoeman?

[Vasilli22]

bump

[GOP_1900AD]

Good.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

A good start.
A better idea would be to close the borders and pay normal families to have children.

[jordan8]

Language is a cop out, the real issues are race and culture, which the elite in the West just can't face (if they're conservative) or openly favor making their own people a minority (if they're leftists or minorities). The truth is that most immigrants will come to speak English so it's not much of an issue. Language is a substitute for the argument that dare not speak its name lest those who do get charged with the modern Western equivalent of heresy, like someone running down Allah in Pakistan.