Wednesday 26 September 2018

Morrison and Immigration

Scott Morrison is now Prime Minister of Australia and immigration is, like everywhere in the Western world, a big issue. Mr. Morrison was even Immigration Minister for a time, so unlike most people who get to the top he has a good idea of the reality out there. The question is how does this affect him as Prime Minister?

On the 17th September 2018, a week ago, Mr. Morrison announced a Royal Commission into aged care in Australia, interestingly part of it involves immigration. In the words of Mr. Morrison "a sociocultural demographic bubble coming through on the make up of the population" "This is the first time when you are seeing more Australians from different ethnic backgrounds coming into the aged care sector than you've ever seen before" "When you are suffering from dementia, often you revert back to your childhood." "And you've spoken English your entire working life in Australia and all of a sudden you've gone back to speaking Greek, or Italian, or Arabic, or Chinese, whether it's Mandarin or Cantonese, whichever." "And so the system has to deal with that too."

Looks like all that talk about how the immigrants were going to help our aging population may not be quite true!

In fact they now need help as they age.....and that they are now a burden on us and our aged care facilities. Well everyone on this side of the aisle always knew this, but it is good that an Australian Prime Minister also knows it.

Maybe he will be good for cutting immigration!

Not so fast!

You see there was a second article released the same day, Prime Minister Scott Morrison exposes Australias big Immigration Myth. So whats the myth? Best to hear it from Mr. Morrison's lips.

'In an exclusive interview with news.com.au, Mr. Morrison struck a very different tone. He identified a pervasive myth at the heart of the immigration debate - that permanent migrants from overseas are the biggest strain on Australia's infrastructure. He said temporary migration and natural population growth, caused by the people who already live here having children, were far more significant factors. "I've never bought this idea that the permanent immigration intake is the thing fueling population growth. Because it's not borne out by the actual maths." Mr. Morrison said. When it comes to population growth at the moment, there are 10 extra people have got on the bus. Just over four of them are temporary migrants. Just under four of them were born here, a natural increase. And only two of them are permanent migrants."

So lets get this straight, 10 new people get on a bus, 4 were born in Australia, 4 are temporary migrants (who may or may not leave) and 2 are permanent immigrants. So we know straight away that 60% of the population increase is from immigration. Ohhh thats right he said permanent immigration, but when I get on the bus what I experience in real life is 6 migrants, not 4. Also migrants, whether they are here for a short time or a long time, use the infrastructure. They also take up real space on that bus, they have an effect and for Mr. Morrison to pretend they don't is not good news.

Also how many of those born in Australia are really Australians? How many are the children of immigrants? An additional part of the population shell game they try to play with us.

The interview continues:

'Meanwhile, smaller cities such as Adelaide were simply "crying out" for more immigration not less. "The idea of average population growth is about as helpful as average rainfall. It has the same practical meaning," he said. "You can have high levels of population growth that are actually being quite unhelpful in terms of whats happening in the economy, or social cohesion. You can have high levels of it, which if it's all pretty much skills based and everybody's in a job and it's focused on regional areas, it can be quite suitably absorbed." '

Adelaide is crying out for more immigration, lets be quite frank absolutely no where is crying out for more immigration, and that includes regional areas. Mr. Morrison is a Right Liberal and there fore he thinks that economics is the be all and end all of existence. He thinks that it is possible to have an ideal economy, as long as everyone plays their part correctly. It is pure nonsense. He thinks that if we bring in enough skilled migrants then we I don't know what. But apparently the 800,000 unemployed in Australia cannot be trained, or maybe it's the 800,000 over educated graduates that cannot be trained. Skilled migration is a lie that we have been told too many times.

If Mr. Morrison wants to win the next election he needs to made a big cut to immigration. So far all I see is more of the same.

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Friday 21 September 2018

Unemployment in Australia, 2018

Earlier this month a report was released by ACOSS (Australian Council of Social Service) and Jobs Australia, both are NGO's, this report is called Faces of Unemployment. It is an interesting and unusual look at unemployment in Australia, although not without it's flaws.

The reports summary
"This new report looks behind the headline unemployment statistica to reveal who is affected, why it's no easy matter for most unemployed people to get a job, and the disturbing trend in long term unemployment. We also look at the chances people on unemployment payments have of getting a job, and the help they receive from jobactive employment services."

In July 2018 there were 827,794 people on unemployment benefits, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said that there were 713,000 unemployed people in Australia that month. Thats a discrepancy of more than 100,000 people. To put these numbers in perspective there are 25,000,000 people living in Australia. That means that 3% of Australia's population is unemployed, or to put it another way 1 out of every 30 people.

Even these figures have to be taken with a grain of salt as over 300,000 people who receive unemployment benefits are not required to look for work as they work part time or are studying. At the same time we do not know how many people are not eligible due to their family or partner receiving too much income for them to qualify, even though they are unemployed.

Of the unemployed that receive benefits overall:

17% were aged under 25

38% were aged 25-44

43% were aged 45 or over

The number of young unemployed would be higher if they were not forced to go to university, the real reason for the high retention rates in education. But once they leave then the number goes up and it keeps going up. When unemployment first became an issue in the 1970's, the vast majority of the unemployed were young and the stereotype of the young carefree loafer was born. As the reality of unemployment has changed the stereotype remains.

For the long term unemployed, categorized as 12 months of unemployment or longer:

10% were aged under 25

38% were aged 25-44

49% were aged 45 or over

Of those aged over 55, the long term unemployment figure is 25%!

80% of all unemployed are single, no matter what their age.

62% of unemployed remain out of work after 12 months, after 24 months that figure remained 44% and an amazing 15% remain unemployed for more than 60 months, thats 5 years!

30% of all employment in Australia is part time or casual. Not everyone who works part time or in a casual position wants that to change, but more than 1,100,000 people do, they want full time employment, some argue that anyone who wants a full time job and does not have one should be counted as unemployed.

Section 1.5 asks and answers why they believe long term unemployment has become and remains an issue.

1. People have been put on unemployment benefits who were once on other types of benefits.

2. No investment in helping people get jobs.

3. The labour market has changed with fewer low skilled jobs than in the past.

Later in Section 3.6 they have an interesting chart that talks about whether different employment programs are successful:

-0.2% Public Sector Wage Subsidies (also known as pretend government jobs)

3.8% Compulsory, assisted job search (most unemployed do this)

9.7% Vocational Training (either on the job or at a training centre)

21.2% Wage subsidies in private sector (although this type of subsidy can be massively exploited)

The report is quite hard on temporary migration, meaning students or working holiday visa holders. At any one time there are nearly 400,000 people in Australia in these categories. They often do low end jobs which directly compete against the unemployed. They are often exploited and it has been an ongoing scandal over a number of years. And of course such people also compete against Australian workers. It is an eternal truth that if a foreigner has a job then an Australian does not have that job.

At the top of page 15 is this curious passage on immigration:

"On the whole, new migrants contribute positively to growth in living standards and the diversity of the Australian community, and have little impact (positive or negative) on employment and wages among the resident population."

Little impact? But aren't we always told that they have a positive impact? The statement links to a Productivity Commission report, which is a government agency, interestingly even they couldn't find too much positive to say on immigration. For a report that is directed at government and the media this is not a ringing endorsement. Later on in the paragraph the report states that they believe that temporary migrants do depress wages and working conditions.

We often wonder how many people there are in Australia who aren't White, it seems that it is 21% of Australias population, that 5,250,000. When I was born in 1970 it was around 2%.

The report is only 26 pages long and it told me things I didn't know and am glad that I do now know. I do however have two major issues with the report, firstly Immigration is only barely mentioned, maybe I want too much but I would have liked much more on this issue. Secondly most unemployed people are men, why isn't that mentioned anywhere? Why are we forgotten? 

Unemployment is an issue that has been around for 40 years and most people cannot even remember when politicians talked about restoring full employment let alone when it actually existed. It has a high cost, 80% of the unemployed are single, 50% are middle aged and older, 8% of the Australian Federal budget is spent on paying for unemployment.

The Reserve Bank of Australia regards "full employment" to be 95% of people who want work being employed, in other words 5% unemployment still counts as full employment. Currently Australia's unemployment rate is 5.4%, so as far as the economic planners are concerned their doing a marvelous job. I wish they were.

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Wednesday 19 September 2018

One Month to the Melbourne Traditionalists Conference

One month to go and it's on!

As the organizer for this our first Conference, I'm both nervous and excited, but also really looking forward to hearing the other speakers and meeting people. We have a fantastic keynote speaker in Frank Salter, with all of the speakers confirmed as is the beautiful venue.

If anyone who is attending has any dietary or mobility issues please let me know via email.

Melbourne Traditionalists Conference 2018

Dates: 19 October, Friday 7pm, Meet and Greet
            20 October, Saturday, 10am-5pm Conference
            7pm Banquet

Venue: The venue is a very nice building, old and beautiful in the inner suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. The location will be revealed to those attending the week of the Conference.

Cost: Concession $75
          Full Price $100
          Everything in Australian Dollars, if your unsure if you are Concession or Full Price send me an email.

Register: To register and pay for the Conference go to trybooking

Lecture Topics

1. The History of the Anti-Suffragette Movement

2. Christianity, Morality and the West

3. Shakespeare and Conservatism

4. Anglo Australia

5. Traditionalism, the way forward

What do you get for your money? 5 lectures, lunch and banquet, all non-alcoholic drinks, all inclusive.

If you have any questions please send me an email at uponhopeblog(at)gmail.com

I look forward to seeing you there!
Mark Moncrieff

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Tuesday 11 September 2018

The Sixty-Sixth Month

A very good month, one with numbers that I thought I might never see again. Glad I am!

Just like last month 8 out of the top 10 are over 100 visitors in total. Unlike last month I also have one over 1000. In the last month my worst day was the 13th August when I had 47 visitors, my best day was the 9th September when I had a fantastic 412. In the past month, 11th August-11th September I have had 4,988 visitors.

I have been blogging for 5 1/2 years now and at the half year point I give out a list of the top 10 most read pages on the site. The total number of times they have been visited is in brackets.

(6066) What do Traditional Conservatives Believe?

(3408) Free-Trade Versus Protectionism

(2921) Why do Conservatives Believe in Different Social Classes?

(2989) Why Don't the Poor Marry?

(2145) Feminism, why we are not Feminists

(2117) What is More Important, the Past, the Present or the Future

(1743) The Problems of Monarchy

(1704) Housewives Good for the Economy and Society

(1518) The Balanced Society

(1189) The Discrimination of Anti-Discrimination

In the Sixty-Six months that this blog has been running I have had over 69,000 Americans, 27,000 Australians and 13,000 Russian visitors.


August-September
EntryPageviews
United States
1517
Germany
909
Australia
569
France
499
Indonesia
297
Unknown Region
269
Singapore
193
Ukraine
104
United Kingdom
80
Brazil
46

EntryPageviews
United States
973
Russia
461
Australia
390
France
225
Indonesia
182
United Arab Emirates
180
United Kingdom
180
Vietnam
174
Germany
75
China
60

The United States is up, Germany is way up, Australia, France, Indonesia are also all up.

The United Kingdom is the only country in the top 10 that has gone down.

Unknown Region, Singapore, the Ukraine and Brazil are new or back in the top 10.

Russia, the U.A.E., Vietnam and China have left the top 10.

I have also received visitors from the following countries: Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark,  Norway, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Israel, U.A.E., India, China, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Algeria, Zambia, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada, Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina.

I hope to see you again soon.
Mark Moncrieff

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Wednesday 5 September 2018

Leftism & Occultism

Over at Amerika I found this

I began to look into the occult a few years ago. Staring into that abyss until it revealed itself to me, I found Solomon’s old adage to be truer than it had ever been to me: There is nothing new under the sun. Like most people living in America, I used to be lost as to the tactics of the enemy. I wondered in the same manner as most, asking questions like, “How can people not see where we’re headed? How can they not see what’s going on?” These questions are easily answered by looking into the tactics of the enemies our ancestors faced, which are the same enemies we face today. Human history is like a circular cycle moving across a linear timeline. Those who would have us prisoners within our own minds use the same tactics every time, and because of our nature as humans, we fall for the tactics over and again.

Leftism is, in my view, occult. It seeks to keep Truth hidden. It is unlike God, who desires that we know the Truth. Leftism is much akin to the original Mosaic Law in the sense that it creates systems that no human being can possibly live up to, as the original Law was intended to demonstrate. And rather than grant people the freedom of any grace at all, Leftism, under the guise of pseudo-humanitarian lies and virtue-signaling, hides and denies grace and forgiveness of human nature, instead demanding lockstep adherence to ideologies that reality cannot sustain. It’s the damned serpent, personified politically.

What a great insight!

What is clear is that all of the Ideologies, whether it be Liberalism, Fascism, Communism have more than a touch of the Occult. The Occult is concerned with hidden knowledge, particularly of a magical or supernatural nature. Which leaves an interesting question,  as all of the Ideologies are materialistic. In other words they believe that magic and the supernatural doesn't exist and that only the material word, the world you can see and touch is real. Which seems like the case is closed, however I think of the French poet Charles Baudelaire's quote "The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist".

Whether the devil does or does not exist is not the point, the point is that the Ideologies did not spring from nowhere. They have both histories and prehistories and in both the Occult influence is there. The search for hidden knowledge, knowledge that only they can see and understand. My first thought was the unintelligent writings from Academics. I had always thought that they wrote so badly because they wanted to appear more intelligent then there ideas warranted. Many people bizarrely believe that if they cannot understand something then it must be profound. But in the Occult unintelligent writing exists not to impart knowledge but to hide it in plain sight.

Does that explain why so many people don't understand what is happening? I'm not sure.

But it does help explain how the Ideologies believe in the idea of perfection. Christianity rejects perfection, instead it says that the world and the people who have been made in God's image are "fallen". Which means that we are imperfect and that our real struggle in life is to strive towards being a better person even though we can never be perfect. In other words it is possible to be a better man but it is not possible to be a perfect man. And that on the day of judgement we will be judged not only for our sins but for our efforts to be better than our fallen nature.

However the Ideologues reject all of those things, they all began as Christian ideas and then became heresies. They all decided that it was possible to make perfect people who live in a perfect world and all without God. But they also believe that they have secret knowledge that no one else knows about or understands. In that they may be right, after all how did these disreputable philosophies ever gain power?

The here is another paradox, Liberalism and the Left have set such high standards that no one can possibly live by them. You cannot be racist, but how is that possible when noticing that race exist or being White makes you racist? You cannot be sexist, but how is that possible when noticing that different sexes exist or being a man makes you sexist? In their world you can only exist by understanding that you are not one of the Occult masters, but that they are. Only they understand the secret knowledge. However in the past, under the Nazis and even more so the Communists that wasn't enough. Under Liberalism the same is coming to pass, submission is everything and that is not enough. How will anyone be able to survive

with no room for grace, forgiveness, human nature or reality.

The Occult is not very forgiving.

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Sunday 2 September 2018

Frank Salter Will be at the Melbourne Traditionalist Conference!

With only 7 weeks to go until the Melbourne Traditionalists Conference I can confirm that Frank Salter will be speaking. I'm very excited to have someone so well known. If you haven't heard of him, he is an Australian Academic who has written on the connection between sociology and genetics, his Author page on Amazon is quite interesting. As is the fact that people who buy his books also tend to buy Jared Taylors books.

All the speakers are now confirm, the venue is set, however the location will only be made public to Conference goers the week of the Conference. As I've said before it is in an inner Melbourne suburb, close to public transport and I love it!

If anyone who is attending has any dietary or mobility issues it's best to let me know via email.

Dates: 19 October, Friday 7pm, Meet and Greet
            20 October, Saturday, 10am-5pm Conference
             7pm Banquet

Venue: The venue is a very nice building, old and beautiful in Melbourne Australia

Cost: Concession $75
          Full Price $100
          Everything in Australian Dollars, if your unsure if you are Concession or Full Price send me an email.

Register: To register and pay for the Conference go to trybooking

Lecture Topics

1. The History of the Anti-Suffragette Movement

2. Christianity, Morality and the West

3. Shakespeare and Conservatism

4. Anglo Australia

5. Traditionalism, the way forward

What do you get for your money? 5 lectures, lunch and banquet, all non-alcoholic drinks, all inclusive.

If you have any questions please send me an email uponhopeblog(at)gmail.com

I look forward to seeing you there!

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