An outspoken person of Italian origin again! Her comments were undoubtedly too general but the big immigration issue in Australia at the moment is the "boat people" -- and most Australians would have understood that she was referring to them. And her comments would be true of many of them
A Liberal [Party] MP who said migrants should learn how to use deodorant has been reprimanded by her party and ordered to apologise.
Opposition citizenship spokeswoman Teresa Gambaro said lessons on hygiene and common courtesy would make immigrants fit in better in Australia, the Herald Sun reported.
Acting Opposition Leader Warren Truss said Ms Gambaro had been left in no doubt she was out of line. "She obviously went too far in her comments and they're certainly out of step with modern Australian attitudes," he said.
Ms Gambaro had said new arrivals should be taught to use deodorant on public transport and not push in when queuing, as well as other lessons like the importance of immunisation. "Without trying to be offensive, we are talking about hygiene and what is an acceptable norm in this country," she said in an interview with The Australian.
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4 comments:
A liberal accuialy appoligised? well thats a surprise
Years ago, Australia had a national policy which said you could not migrate to the country unless you had, (and could prove) "a visible means of supporting yourself" when you arrived. Once the bleeding-heart leftists did away with that, the country started to spiral downward.
It's bad enough not being able/willing to learn from the rest of the world, but to ignore your own history is the hight of stupidity, and there's always a high price to pay.
The aussies had a better leadership under ROBERT HAWK but under YELLOWY CHICKEN their going to pot
Bird's comments (plural) ignore Aussie political alignment i.e. Liberal (big L) meaning conservative, also Bob Hawke was regarded as the best Liberal PM ever produced by the commo's of the Labour party, red almost to the point of green these days. The country has decided to follow the US lead down the drain.
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