[Cherie]

Suspends temporary visas for West Africans indefinitely.
Those with permanent visas will be quarantined for 21 days on arrival.

I think the British response of an optional questionnaire on arrival is so much better

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Australians have been waiting to ban africans for ages this is perfect for them

[arista]

Yes Down Under
gets strict

[Vicky.]

The sensible approach...

[Cherie]

It's a sensible approach though even though there may be racial undertones.

[Livia]

I'm guessing once we've had a couple of serious outbreaks here that come from West Africans we've had tick some boxes on a questionnaire at the airport, the Australian approach will seem a bit more sensible suddenly. If ebola was rife in, say, Norway, I'd want to see temporary visas revoked and 21 day quarantines. It's got nothing to do with what colour people are.

[Northern Monkey]

This is what we should be doing.Suspend all Visas from the affected areas.

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Livia

I'm guessing once we've had a couple of serious outbreaks here that come from West Africans we've had tick some boxes on a questionnaire at the airport, the Australian approach will seem a bit more sensible suddenly. If ebola was rife in, say, Norway, I'd want to see temporary visas revoked and 21 day quarantines. It's got nothing to do with what colour people are.

well said

we were on the clipper this weekend talking to some people who we thought were australian, then we found out they were from south africa and my sister actually flinched lmao. shes so worried about it. She was telling me not to go near them and i was omg, you're ridiculous

[Kizzy]

We are more pragmatic in our responses, and our resilience and preparedness is being fine tuned as part of contingency plans. It would be a knee jerk reaction to restrict movement, there's no need it could create fear which could lead to mass panic.

[lostalex]

Do you think Obama is not doing it in the US because he's black?

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

Australians have been waiting to ban africans for ages this is perfect for them

[rubymoo]

Australia always get it right, we'll decide to do this when the NHS fails because of the Ebola outbreak here.

I don't think Australia are being racist, i think they are being sensible and are protecting their people which includes a multi cultural society.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by rubymoo

Australia always get it right, we'll decide to do this when the NHS fails because of the Ebola outbreak here.

I don't think Australia are being racist, i think they are being sensible and are protecting their people which includes a multi cultural society.

Australia has a long history of racist immigration policies my friend. They even had a specific policy (i'm not lying) they actually called it the "White Australia Policy". So it's not crazy or weird to accuse them of another racist immigration policy, especially considering they have a conservative PM right now.

If America was as racist as Australian, we wouldn't have to worry about that bull**** in Missouri right now.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Australia has a long history of racist immigration policies my friend. They even had a specific policy (i'm not lying) they actually called it the "White Australia Policy". So it's not crazy or weird to accuse them of another racist immigration policy, especially considering they have a conservative PM right now.

If America was as racist as Australian, we wouldn't have to worry about that bull**** in Missouri right now.

Getting in to the USA is just as difficult as it is getting in the Australia. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I wish the UK was a little less with the open door.

As for their "White Australia Policy", the USA used to make black people use a different entrance from white people and stand up on a bus for white people up until the 1960s. Sammy David Jr was playing Las Vegas in the 60s, headlining a show, and couldn't walk in the front door because he was black so had to go in through the back. Things have changed, right? Things have changed in Australia too, I suspect.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by EyeballPaul

This is what we should be doing.Suspend all Visas from the affected areas.

Nothing racist about it at all, it's a health issue, I would be of the same opinion no matter what country/continent was involved

[Toy Soldier]

Oh come on, let's not start pretending that there isn't a fairly serious issue of inherent racism in Australian government. I don't know if the post about them having wanted an excuse to restrict immigrants of other ethnicities was a joke or not but... it isn't. They almost certainly are using it as an excuse. Use people's unfounded panic to push it through, and then they'll simply never fully lift it.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by rubymoo

Australia always get it right, we'll decide to do this when the NHS fails because of the Ebola outbreak here.

I don't think Australia are being racist, i think they are being sensible and are protecting their people which includes a multi cultural society.

Wow... blaming the NHS already? that was quick!

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Livia

Getting in to the USA is just as difficult as it is getting in the Australia. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I wish the UK was a little less with the open door.

As for their "White Australia Policy", the USA used to make black people use a different entrance from white people and stand up on a bus for white people up until the 1960s. Sammy David Jr was playing Las Vegas in the 60s, headlining a show, and couldn't walk in the front door because he was black so had to go in through the back. Things have changed, right? Things have changed in Australia too, I suspect.

And England let black people perform in their country, but funny enough didn't let any Africans immigrate there. What's worse, treating black people badly in society, or not even allowing any blacks into your society?

(let's also remember it was the British Aristocracy that profited greatly from the slave trade, and have never paid any reparations, no different than the Swiss saying they were "neutral" during ww2 but having no qualms about taking Nazi money.)

[Livia]

Originally Posted by lostalex

And England let black people perform in their country, but funny enough didn't let any Africans immigrate there. What's worse, treating black people badly in society, or not even allowing any blacks into your society?

(let's also remember it was the British Aristocracy that profited greatly from the slave trade, and have never paid any reparations, no different than the Swiss saying they were "neutral" during ww2 but having no qualms about taking Nazi money.)

You're getting further and further away from the point.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Nothing racist about it at all, it's a health issue, I would be of the same opinion no matter what country/continent was involved

I agree,I would think the same if it was in germany,Spain,France.It needs to be contained.

[Cherie]

It seems such a straightforward way of preventing the virus from spreading, why are other countries pussyfooting around it

[rubymoo]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Wow... blaming the NHS already? that was quick!

Mmmmmm.....don't see where i was blaming the NHS, the NHS is pretty much on it's knees now, all it would take to bring it down is an epidemic and that's when our government would take action, which in my opinion would be too late.

[JoshBB]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

Australians have been waiting to ban africans for ages this is perfect for them

lol did u see what fox news were saying - "THIS IS WHY WEST AFRICANS SHOULDNT HAVE COME TO AMERICA!!"

[rubymoo]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Australia has a long history of racist immigration policies my friend. They even had a specific policy (i'm not lying) they actually called it the "White Australia Policy". So it's not crazy or weird to accuse them of another racist immigration policy, especially considering they have a conservative PM right now.

If America was as racist as Australian, we wouldn't have to worry about that bull**** in Missouri right now.

I didn't know that That's terrible, no such policy should exist......

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

well said

we were on the clipper this weekend talking to some people who we thought were australian, then we found out they were from south africa and my sister actually flinched lmao. shes so worried about it. She was telling me not to go near them and i was omg, you're ridiculous