Residents south of the refinery in Corio warned to shelter inside due to smokeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNationals leader Matt Canavan defended the Coalitionās planned crack down on immigrations as āfair and reasonableā and that migrants would understand the policy.Asked on 7.30 last night how Australiaās migrant communities would see the plan, Canavan referred to the ārigourā of the naturalisation process his Italian grandparents went through in the 1950s and his own publicised Section 44 high court citizenship saga (which he said ultimately proved him to be a ādinky-di Aussieā). He said:Itās fair and reasonable that we set high standards to join the club of Australians and Iām sure migrants here today want to see that ā¦We have a Government that has put its head in the sand now and has not listened to the Australian people that clearly want change.I think we should discriminate on values ā¦We shouldnāt discriminate on colour, religion, sexuality, gender, but surely ā¦ we should discriminate on people who donāt support democracy, who profess support for terrorism or violence, who donāt believe in equality between male and female genders. People who have those views I donāt want them in our country.Iāll comment that the Robert Frost line in that poem was delivered in irony.But weāll return to that another day along with many other questions, thank you for joining us ā¦ Continue reading...
