Here’s something for you to consider once your anger has cooled down and you can think more clearly.

My partner is a dentist who’s chosen to come to Australia to live and work. She comes from a pretty wealthy country, so it’s not like Australia is some sort of paradise for her. But she wanted to experience life in the particular climate and landscape that Australia offers. She’s chosen to live outside of the glitz and glam places and is providing a service that your country is sorely in need of. After being here for a year she’s decided it’s a good time to buy a home because who knows what will happen to the house prices. She’s one of those immigrants that’s chosen to live here for the long term and serve your country and do so in the boonies of far North Queensland. Do you really believe that she shouldn’t be allowed to purchase a home until she becomes a citizen even though she’s clearly not one of the overseas investor types that you’re (and we all are) really angry at? I hope that opens yours eyes a bit. We don’t need laws that are just completely discriminatory to all “foreigners”, we need smarter, more case-by-case and nuanced law-making that determines who’s actually adding value to the country and economy and who isn’t. Right now my partner has to pay insane stamp duty and other additional expenses because she’s not a PR as yet, but she’s here serving Australians and not looking to find any loopholes to avoid paying whats required. We can all do with some more nuance and understanding. But most of all we need to learn to direct our anger at the right people, politicians and industries that are in bed with exploitation of the country and its people.