Brian Ross wrote on Jun 4^th, 2024 at 5:56pm:


As every dim 13 year old schoolboy knows, it was not called 'Africa' before the Romans. Even the Romans did not mean the whole continent, only the bit west of Egypt, the defeated Carthaginian territories.
Africa is a European invention, like so much else. Tsk, tsk 


In any case, it is a specific race of people who get offended if you call them nigglers. Why? Because they know and you know exactly what you have noticed and what you are referring to.  And it's not their DNA, no matter how much silly old senile Bbwiyawn bangs on about 'indistinguishable by dna'.

You can call me a niggler and I won't get upset because I am obviously not one.  Was it Milan Kundera who nailed it: call a horse-face a dog-face and he will laugh with you. Call him a horse-face and he will hate you for the rest of his life.

Brian Ross wrote on Jun 4^th, 2024 at 6:11pm:

Silly old duffer, your balls have been nailed to the floor again.

Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 4^th, 2024 at 6:37pm:


Well, you ARE dimmer than a dim 13 year old schoolboy, my little Dutch African from the arse end of the arse end.

Universities have cut 2291 jobs this year as vice-chancellors pocket million-dollar salaries, with 306 academic leaders paid more than state premiers.

Widespread wage theft, wasteful spending and conflicts of ­interest are outlined in a damning report from the National Tertiary Education Union.

Using data gleaned from university annual reports and testimony from hundreds of anonymised staff whistleblowers, the NTEU details a “crisis of governance’’ in higher education.

Exposing “the overpaid executive class and their reckless spending’’, the NTEU reveals universities spent $734m on external consultants in 2023.

The average vice-chancellor remuneration package across 37 public universities was $1.048m – almost double the $587,000 paid to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last year, the report shows.


NTEU national president Alison Barnes said university councils stacked with corporate ­appointees had failed to justify vice-chancellors’ salaries, which should be pegged to premiers’ pay rates. “Vice-chancellors getting paid double the Prime Minister’s (salary) are blowing $734m on consultants while cutting jobs, stealing $400m from staff and presiding over serious potential conflicts of interest,’’ she said.

“There’s not a single public ­institution we would tolerate this conduct in, and universities should be no exception.

“Australia urgently needs a federal parliamentary inquiry into university governance and workforce planning. Public universities are publicly funded and should work for the public good.’’
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/university-staff-blow-the-whis...

Aurora Complexus wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2024 at 9:53pm:


LOL

Biasthebull wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2024 at 11:24pm:


Greatness is not just a matter of population, nor of GDP.

Australia is already great. We rank quite well in World Happiness Index, and we're not bad in GDP per capita.

There is a way forward from being great. It's to be greater.

Frank wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2024 at 9:03pm:


This needs to be sorted out pronto.

Fake Indian students who were brazenly exploiting Australia’s visa system have complained they’ve been left out of pocket after their fake colleges were shut down.

The Australian government in August ordered the closure of 150 “ghost colleges” – fake schools that take fees from international students who never attend classes but work full-time instead – and sent warning notices to 140 more.

Upset visa scammers have since complained to Indian newspaper The Tribune, which confirmed that some of the shut-down colleges were co-owned by or cooperating with migration agents in Punjab to provide international students with “backdoor immigration and work rights”.

“I came to Australia two years ago as a student after being assured that I can work five days a week, while my attendance and course would be taken care of. Now, I have been told by my Punjab-based agent that the government has sealed the college,” one fake student told the publication.

“The agent who sent us here has already shut operations in March after being booked in a visa cheating case.”

Another complained that she and her brother were shocked after suddenly being ordered to report back to their ghost college after moving to Adelaide to work in a café.

“The authorities later shut the college. Till now, we have no idea how to handle the situation. We have already paid the entire course fee,” said.

Migration agents also confirmed that they were being affected by the Australian crackdown and similar actions taken by the Canadian government, but said they expected to find a way around the situation.

“I have already shut my operations in Punjab, after Canada and Australia tightened the noose around study visas. Many private colleges in Canada and Australia have funding from agents like us,” said one agent who admitted sending hundreds of fake students to Australia.

“We have told the students not to panic and there will be a way out soon.”

https://www.noticer.news/fake-indian-students-complain-ghost-college-shutdown/

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/patiala/150-ghost-colleges-in-oz-shut-down-ind...

Needless to say, it isn't only student visas that are scammed by third worlder.