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Security without submarines: the military strategy Australia should pursue instead of AUKUS in c/australia@aussie.zone

[–] nevetsg@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago

We’ve imported ~20% of our population in the last 5 years

I had to check this claim for myself and as far as I can see your numbers are way off. Looking at the numbers supplied by the ABS I can see 2.485M arrivals over 5 years to 2024, or neally 10% of the 26M population. Not the 20% in your claim but feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

65% of these arrivals are Temporary visa holders, so they go home again...
13% were returning Australian Citizens.
6.3% were from NZ.
14% were Perminant Visa holders. 350K over 5 years is 1.34% of the Australian population.

A lobby group representing Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon, Uber, and X has urged the White House to take aim at Australian laws it believes are “discriminatory” in c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone

[–] nevetsg@aussie.zone 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

We already have out mining magnate oligarchy. We don't need any more.

US tech companies joins winemakers, film studios and drug companies in urging Donald Trump to target Australia in c/australia@aussie.zone

[–] nevetsg@aussie.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago

Never thought of the GST as a tariff. I guess it kind of is, but for Everything including locally made products. USA are not smart enough to make this link though.