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Foreign fishermen walk into Qld resort bar asking for refreshments (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 9 months ago by Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone

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[–] tuff_wizard@aussie.zone 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Direct contact with the foreign boogeyman is incredibly dangerous. It has been shown to reduce baseless fears and prejudices. In some cases it can even redirect that anger towards the real problems in the world.

This must be stopped

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[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone [S] 1 point 9 months ago

I'm more talking about thebpolitical risk, and marginally about enforcement of fishing rights in exclusive zones. As fish stocks are depleted north of Australia, we'll see more of this, better we can have a predictable, coherent and sustainable policy from the beginning.