If you leave aside the issue of Gun control in Australia, what part of Australia would you recommend its citizens to relocate to to avoid becoming colateral damage in any potential conflict?
Curious
I'd stay away from Alice Springs that's for sure. Lots of big antennae part of the space communications etc for the US (Echelon?).
You are of course referring to the Pine Gap facility. There's nothing else way out there, and it's not the sort of country I would want to live in anyway. I was thinking more in terms of something closer to the Eastern coastline.
Americans aren't real welcome in any part of Australia these days. Lots of anti-American sentiment is occurring "down under." Their resentment of Americans has escalated rapidly just in the last year or two. Sorry, mates--If you're an American, Australia simply isn't laying out the welcome mat for you anymore. In fact, if most Aussies know you're an American, they'll price gouge you all they can and are downright hostile to many Americans in recent years. There's been a tremendous change in the Australians' attitude toward Americans, I hear, from more than one friend who lived and worked there for 2-3 decades.
I much prefer staying in the good ol' USA--even with all of America's problems.
That's not right Christopher - most Aussies love you Americans, but we are extremely suspect of the intentions of those who control your governments and multi-nationals. American people who value the same old things as we do are more than welcome, any time.
Sorry, Aussie, I'm not convinced that "most Aussies love Americans." Not anymore. I hope you're right, but there are simply too many different bad reports flooding in lately from too many people about Australians getting fed up with "arrogant, ugly Americans." I completely agree with you that it's our government leaders who persist in making Americans look bad to the world. The American people, like the Australians, just want to be left alone and could get along fine together if only the majority of people in other countries were smart enough to see what you do--that it's the leaders who are the real troublemakers. But I don't believe most people take the time to sort it out and analyze. Unfortunately many don't have access to the real facts, especially if they don't have the Internet.
Aussies try 'sword control'
Cops say new statute outlawing blades will cut down on street brawls.
Under the law, set to go into effect next month, those owning swords now would have to surrender their weapons to authorities, sell them to a licensed dealer or apply for specific approval to possess them.
Sword collectors will have to keep the items under lock and key and have a burglar alarm.
The Victoria government is also looking at bans on some other weapons, such as crossbows.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38896
Australia: Smart card 'threatens privacy'
Imagine a world where the government knows how and where you travel, what your spending habits are, your medical history and your daily habits. Then imagine all this information and more can also be accessed by corrupt officials, staff from the private company handling the technology and, in extreme cases, criminals. Griffith University Law School Associate Professor Justin Malbon warns that the Queensland government's decision to implement a smart card driver's license in 2006 would eventually lead to all of the above . . . and more. Currently there are only eight countries in the world that use a smartcard license system: Argentina, China, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Malaysia and Mexico.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2004/100704smartcard.htm
Australia's economy unexpectedly shed 6,600 jobs in August, signaling that the country's boom may be slowing (Source: BBC)
I am an American and I am married to an "Aussie"
I am a permenant resident of Australia and lived there for three years but we are in the states for econmic reasons "I make 10 times more here"
My wife and I travel to Australia two maybe three times a year....
Everytime we go to visit my in-laws tell me of another crazy socialist law the government of Australia has passed....
I am a gun owner I have had one since I was 8 years old never have I wanted to shoot anyone...
I carry a knife... I have since I was about 6 years old.... They are tools to be used accordingly... I am an avid bow hunter as I am 25% native American and it keeps me connected to my now deceased grandfather....
I will never live in Australia again as you are giving up freedoms faster then the ink can dry...
You are not secure, you are not safe, you do not have any weapons to protect yourself with....nor do you have anything to even procure meat with...
My brother in law is in the Australian navy... MY wives gradfather was in Gillipee he was an Anzac from Perth, where my wife is from.... So do not think I am not loyal to the true Aussies there.... You just need to stand up and fight for your rights....
My in-laws are talking about migrating to America because of the freedoms they are loosing there.... But not for another two years until my brother in law gets out of the navy....
It is a sad state when Aussies are staring to jump ship.... by the way we have had sixteen families move to the USA just because they are loosing there rights there....At this rate we can have a state of Australia....
When I lived in Perth in 1997 there was a grass roots movement to try and make western Australia it's own country annex it from the east and become a US territory.... People from Western Australia were actually petioning the USA for support... Funny cause my in-laws showed it to me.... Sad state your country is in....Taxes,Taxes,no freedoms,and taxes....
I feel sorry for Aussies... and I never get price gouged when in Oz as I can talk just like you folks so 99% do not even know I am an american....
Oh yeah I almost forgot I received a letter about two weeks ago from Australian Multi cultural affiars inviting me to become and Australian citizen....and I am sure they realize I am american since they mailed it to me???? I might take them up on it so I can get through the passport lines quicker....
Where’s The Water, Mate?
Sydney and other Australian cities could run dry by 2006. In the town of Goulburn, three hours south of Sydney, nightly baths are a thing of the past. Dishes are allowed to pile up. Hoses no longer douse dirty cars and thirsty plants. The 22,000 people in town haven't suddenly grown slovenly. A change in habits is being forced by a dry spell stretching back to the 1970s that is squeezing Australia…Australia is not only the driest inhabited continent on earth, but also the greatest consumer of water per capita, according to savewater.com.au. Australians use more than 260,000 gallons of fresh water per person per year, or 24,000 gigaliters - that's enough to fill Sydney harbor, 48 times over. About 70 percent goes to agricultural irrigation, 9 percent to other rural uses, 9 percent to industry, and 12 percent to domestic use. The outlook is ominous: The Warragamba dam that supplies 80 percent of the water to Sydney and was last full in 1998, wavers around 39 percent, despite some good spring rain this year. Not so long ago, the effects of drought were felt mostly by farmers and bush-dwellers, but now it has come to the backyards of city folk, emptying their swimming pools and drying up their roses.
http://stevequayle.com/News.alert/04_Cosmic/041119.AU.cities.dry.html
thanks for convincing me NOT to go to Australia
(even fer a visit :*< )