we're in the same heightened frenzy about immigration

I'm a little on the fence about the same stuff in Aus, also Canada, USA. These are considered 'new world' countries which literally are nations of immigrants. The USA for example has a very strong identity based on the fact that anyone can be an American as long as they follow American values, and therefore they have a very strong culture built around 'Being American'.

I think this makes a profound difference on the way people think. If people in Ireland become 75% Polish, then the Irish rightly have a critical, existential crisis on their hands, their ancestral homeland being permanently lost.

But if all the Irish Americans in the USA leave and are replaced by Hispanics, then, well who honestly cares? Are the Hispanics good people, are they behaving in the way that's expected of them in the USA? Are they American, by that metric? Then whatever. I do find it weird when people say America is a WHITE country. Like... is it, though?

For Australia I'm not sure - maybe it's trapped somewhere in between?

Well... that's probably the only reason to let people in.

True, but if we can't properly put decent controls on these people, it's just too risky. We've already seen migrant healthcare workers turning out to be completely fraudulent (about 700/2000 from Nigeria), and deaths due to inability to communicate with foreign workers.

Boris Johnson tried to implement an Australia-style points based system, but he set the bar so low, we just got anyone who can be a basic minimum wage worker entering.

All of this racial tension would vanish if they just did a proper frickin' job. Easier said than done I guess. From here, Australia still does seem infinitely better so hide him in the basement if you have to!