In reply to Darron:
> Well of course it will apply....and will not be a significant problem to most white, western applicants.Whereas the other stuff re language, values, fgm etc etc will be a problem. Rightly or wrongly this is a clearly targetted piece of legislation that is , again rightly or wrongly, in line with what you might expect from Turnbull's government.
From what has been said of the policy here, it doesn't seem particularly targeted to me (assuming it is applied indiscriminately).
I think it's a bit like in the UK, immigration policy is designed with ideological and political targets in mind, instead of a rational assessment, and it often achieves exactly the opposite of what was advertised.
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