The Northern District Times Opinion page has been debating the immigration issue. A letter by Mr Peter Ross in the 14 April edition said that the US takes in a million migrants, implying this justifies Australia taking in a mere 300,000. Several letters this week make the obvious point that the US has a population of 309 million, whereas Australia has only 22 million, so we are taking five times as many immigrants per head of population.
Admittedly USA's total area of 9,629,091 sq km is not that much larger than Australia's 7,692,024 sq km, but anyone who has flown over America's endless verdent plains and Australia's endless deserts will recognise the huge difference in habitable land available.
Meanwhile in the same issue of the NDT Greg Smith makes the point that he is now 62 yet intends to continue working in politics well into the future. This blog has earlier stressed the need to take advantage of the resources of the active and able elderly, as an alternative to retiring them and bringing in people from abroad to support their retirement.
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