ANOTHER day and the Prime Minister puts another one of his patented caps on display.
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No, it wasn’t another sartorial statement on ScoMo’s scone, it was a cap on migration intake.
“Enough, enough, enough,” he said.
Buses in the city are full, roads are congested, schools are bloated, the PM opined before saying the annual intake of migrants needed to be lowered.
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Those in the know in Tamworth said this issue was not just a matter of simple subtraction for regional Australia in particular.
Immigrants fill gaps in the workforce and also create new businesses and jobs in regional towns.
It’s just a matter of linking up the right people to the corresponding areas where their skills are needed.
The inexhaustible Facebook fountain of knowledge tapped into a rich well of thoughts on matter when asked “do we need migrant workers in Tamworth?”
“These bleeding hearts don’t think for their children and grandchildren’s future” a Facebook page titled Tamworth Community Concerns said.
“Scott Morrison is on the money, a greater cut would even be welcome by those of common sense and values.”
Another user said “absolutely not”.
“What employment will be left for locals. it is extremely hard to get a job in this town” they said.
In the last Census, 84.6 per cent of people living in Tamworth identified their country of birth as Australia.
That’s more than 50,000 people.
The next highest nationality was English, with 788 British-born people in Tamworth. The Philippines (421 people) and New Zealand (418 people) had the next highest proportions.
While the PM’s call to cap migration might be alarming, there were some other salient points to note in his recent speech, including the fact migration increases job opportunities for Australian-born people.
It could in fact create more jobs for locals, their children and grandchildren, and you don’t need to keep that information under your cap.
