[BITList] Australia.. Interesting....

[franka]

for the Australians
frank
Good for thought. A government minister  (Gillard's ex lover Emerson ) 
the other day was saying how difficult it would be to keep track of 
foreigners who buy thousands of acres of Australian land at a time. In 
New Zealand they investigate and have a record of every foreign land 
sale over 5 acres. I guess it is a matter of having the will " to do the 
right thing".  What a shower...........



            It doesn't help knowing our governments have allowed a
            disturbing number of Australian farming properties to be
            sold to mining and overseas companies/buyers

                *_MOVE OVER DOROTHEA MACKELLAR_*
                Australia....Great poem....makes you think
                1.1303487703 at web46004.mail.sp1.yahoo.com


                When  the shearing sheds are silent and the stock camps
                fallen quiet

                When the gidgee coals no longer glow across the outback
                night

                And the bush is forced to hang a  sign, 'gone broke and
                won't be back'

                And spirits fear to find a way beyond the beaten track


                When harvesters stand derelict upon the wind swept plains

                And brave hearts pin their hopes no more on chance of
                loving rains

                When a hundred outback settlements are ghost towns overnight

                When we've lost the drive and heart we had to once more
                see us right


                When 'Pioneer' means a stereo and 'Digger' some backhoe

                And the 'Outback' is behind the house, there's nowhere
                else to go

                And 'Anzac' is a biscuit brand and probably foreign owned

                And education really means brainwashed and neatly cloned


                When you have to bake a loaf of bread to make a decent crust

                And our heritage once enshrined in gold is crumbling to dust

                And old folk pay their camping fees on land for which
                they fought

                And fishing is a great escape; this is until you're caught


                When you see our kids with  yankee caps and resentment
                in their  eyes

                And the soaring crime and hopeless hearts is no longer a
                surprise

                When the  name of RM Williams is a yuppie clothing  brand

                Not a product of our heritage that  grew off the land


                When offering a  hand makes people think you'll  amputate

                And two dogs meeting in the  street is what you call a
                'Mate'

                When  'Political Correctness' has replaced all common  sense

                When you're forced to see it their  way, there's no
                sitting on the  fence


                Yes one day you might find  yourself an outcast in this land

                Perhaps  your heart will tell you then, '. I should
                have  made a stand'

                Just go and ask the farmers  that should remove all doubt

                Then join  the swelling ranks who say,*'.  don't sell
                Australia out'*


                */Author  unknown/*

                	

                	


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