The eco-fascist face of population control

Effects of immigration

Much of the anti-population rhetoric is based around what they falsely believe are the deleterious effects of immigration on the economy. Their most studied thinking can be espoused in one simple comment – immigration is an ecological drain on our natural resources and does not improve productivity. Here they join theAustralia First Party

The Australian Government’s Productivity report (2006) on the ‘Effects on immigration – Economic Impacts of Migration and Population Growth’ was inconclusive about the contribution that immigrants make in terms of gross domestic product due to the number of variables involved.

It suggested that first generations may take some years to find their feet and may be an initial drain on the welfare system. But if they were skilled migrants, with a fair to good command of English and numeracy, it was noted that they generally do well and make significant contributions to national accounts through the tax system.

As the paltry anti-pops are fundamentally anti-growth, anti-capitalism and for high trade tariffs, it beats me why they talk about productivity. It’s like expecting a child to understand how a Land Rover works.

Immigrants have been key players in building modern Australia. The anti-growth and anti-people gang favour national deconstruction. There would be no Snowy Mountains Scheme, no Ord River scheme and no mining in Queensland and Western Australia in the 1970s without immigrants.

Drive along the Pacific Highway and you will see immigrants working on the roads, they work in our hospitals, aged care centres, restaurants and it is their drive to succeed, to get ahead, that worries the anti-people lobby. Like the poor white trash in the south after the defeat of the Confederacy in the American Civil War, the eco-fascists think of immigrants as freed black slaves – they consider them with envy and contempt.

Feeding ourselves

Are we running out of food? This is an SPNG favourite.

According to the National Farmers Federation, there are approximately 134,000 farm businesses in Australia, 99 per cent of which are family owned and operated. Each Australian farmer produces enough food to feed 600 people, 150 at home and 450 overseas. Australian farmers produce almost 93 percent of Australia’s daily domestic food supply.

Australia’s farm exports earned the country $32.5 billion in 2010-11, up from $32.1 billion in 2008-09, while the wider agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors earn the country another $36.2 billion in exports. About 70 per cent of arable land is currently under crops. Of that 70 per cent, farmers keep about 10 per cent fallow for rotation.

Australian live cattle exports totaled 694,429 head in 2011 (down 21 per cent on 2010 due to Indonesia cattle ban), valued at A$629.4 million, according to ABARE (2012). According to Australian livestock export industry statistics review (2011) the nation exported 2,458,448 sheep in 2011, valued at A$328 million.