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red baron Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10204 Blue Mountains Gender:	Australia to nationalise its own land Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 2:32pm Australia should act before it is too late and legislate to make it unlawful for any other Country or Company to own Australian land outright. The best the world should be offered is a lease, with strict conditions. How dare they sell our country off! Do you think for a second it would happen in China?
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Swagman Gold Member Offline Beware of cheap imitations...... Posts: 15095 Illawarra NSW Gender:	Re: Australia to nationalise its own land Reply #1 - Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 2:40pm All land ownership is granted by the Govt anyway. I would be opposed to this. It would stiffle investment, enterprise and employment.
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Reply #2 - Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 2:45pm

You talk about making it unlawful for any other country or company to own Australian land outright. Do you also have an objection to individuals or partnerships consisting of individuals, where those persons are foreign nationals, owning Australian land outright? And what about foreign nationals who live permanently in Australia? Sounds an unduly Draconian measure to me.

Has any other country with a democratically elected government enacted such legislation?

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wildkactus Junior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 93 Gold Coast Gender:	Re: Australia to nationalise its own land Reply #3 - Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 4:30pm What an idioic idea. What do you think this will achieve, except for turning Australia into another third world backwater.
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longweekend58 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 45675 Gender:	Re: Australia to nationalise its own land Reply #4 - Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 4:36pm typical communist opposed to the mere NOTION of private ownership of everything. imagine being denied the right to own your own land!! an idea stupider than snot.
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Reply #5 - Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 4:44pm

longweekend58 wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 4:36pm:

typical communist opposed to the mere NOTION of private ownership of everything. imagine being denied the right to own your own land!!

an idea stupider than snot.

Communist? Grin

I'd say guess again wrongweekend:

red baron wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 2:08pm:

The way Labor is mis-managing this Country I hold the greatest fears. We had a national surplus and money in the bank when Labor took over, now we borrow hundreds of millions (not a misquote) from China each and every day.

The only damned thing this Government does well is spend bucket loads of money mainly on crap. I pity the Liberals because it will take a decade for them to pay it back once these imbeciles get turfed out at the next election. (Just the same as the Liberals inherited huge debt from Labor last time they were in power).

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Reply #6 - Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 6:16pm

Gist wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 4:44pm:

longweekend58 wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 4:36pm:

typical communist opposed to the mere NOTION of private ownership of everything. imagine being denied the right to own your own land!!

an idea stupider than snot.

Communist? Grin

I'd say guess again wrongweekend:

red baron wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 2:08pm:

The way Labor is mis-managing this Country I hold the greatest fears. We had a national surplus and money in the bank when Labor took over, now we borrow hundreds of millions (not a misquote) from China each and every day.

The only damned thing this Government does well is spend bucket loads of money mainly on crap. I pity the Liberals because it will take a decade for them to pay it back once these imbeciles get turfed out at the next election. (Just the same as the Liberals inherited huge debt from Labor last time they were in power).

if you oppose private ownership of land you are a communist. end of story.

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nairbe Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2587 Rural NSW Gender:	Re: Australia to nationalise its own land Reply #7 - Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 6:33pm I well remember the outrage when Joh sold QLD to the Japanese, all they did was buy it, develop it then went broke and sold it back cheap. The land is ours they can buy it but they can not pack it up and take it away.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53170 At my desk.	Re: Australia to nationalise its own land Reply #8 - Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 7:44pm This reminds me of people complaining about foreign ownership of farms - they were worried what might happen to our food supply if a war started, like we would be contractually bound to grow food for our enemies
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Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: Australia to nationalise its own land Reply #9 - Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 7:53pm Let them lease it, but not own it. Seems to work well in Switzerland, and has for years.
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Reply #10 - Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 8:58pm

nairbe wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 6:33pm:

I well remember the outrage when Joh sold QLD to the Japanese, all they did was buy it, develop it then went broke and sold it back cheap. The land is ours they can buy it but they can not pack it up and take it away.

You are right about the Japanese, they were screwed, but will it happen again.
Read recently that the foreigners will buy real estate and keep it vacant for long periods, while many Australian families have nowhere to live.
It is a very complicated issue.

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Reply #11 - Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 9:09pm

This sounds more like Nationalism than Socialism???

Nationalism: loyalty and devotion to a nation; especially : a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups

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Reply #12 - Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 9:25pm

philperth2010 wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 9:09pm:

This sounds more like Nationalism than Socialism???

Nationalism: loyalty and devotion to a nation; especially : a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups

...more like both...National Socialism...which is just Socialism's comrade in arms.... Sad

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Reply #13 - Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 10:12pm

hawil wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 8:58pm:

nairbe wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2012 at 6:33pm:

I well remember the outrage when Joh sold QLD to the Japanese, all they did was buy it, develop it then went broke and sold it back cheap. The land is ours they can buy it but they can not pack it up and take it away.

You are right about the Japanese, they were screwed, but will it happen again.
Read recently that the foreigners will buy real estate and keep it vacant for long periods, while many Australian families have nowhere to live.
It is a very complicated issue.

Put it this way. When land changes hands, it is only because both the buyer and seller think it is a good idea.

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Reply #14 - Feb 3^rd, 2012 at 7:41am

A clarification or two. Firstly I am the antithesis of Communism. I am to the far right of Genghis Khan.

Some of you have shot from the hip. I did not say that Australian citizens could not own their land, to the contrary I am saying the exact opposite.

What I am saying is that we don't want to end up like poor bloody Fiji where it took a coup to get Fiji back for the Fijians.

What I said was, FOREIGN INTERESTS should be given leases. Keep Australia for Australia. Too many people have their heads buried right up to their bums in the sand in this country and future generations will pay a terrible price for their utter neglect of responsibility.

What I see is a great Nation going down the freaking tubes under the leadership of a true Communist JULIA GILLARD (check her background, formner secretary of the Communist Party, not a typist as she claims and still member of the Fabian Society). Frankly she couldn't oranise high tea let alone steer this country to safe waters.

If it wasn't for the mining boom we'd be up the creek and you all know what creek that one is..rhymes with 'ditters'.

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