MEDIA RELEASE 23/8/07 GREEN SEES IN BLACK AND WHITE- YOUR IN OR YOUR OUT

Of None, Independent candidate for Gilmore has reacted angrily to the statement by Christian Democratic Party Senate hopeful, Pastor Paul Green, that Muslim immigration be put on hold for ten years. In doing so Mr. Green likened Muslims to an advance of a deadly infectious agent such as bird flu and called for an Impact Statement on Muslim Immigration.

Mr. None said "Paul Green’s descent into the grubby world of race-based politics is disgraceful and an insult to every decent, tolerant Australian".

"The immigration of every racial/religious group has enriched Australian society far more than any negatives which have arisen. In most cases problems occur due to a lack of understanding and unwillingness to try on the part of a small minority of those of us already here," he said.

Mr. None pointed out that with the exception of the indigenous population we are all, by definition, immigrants or the descendents of relatively recent immigrants.

"Perhaps if the Aboriginal population of Sydney Cove had called for a White Fella Impact Statement in 1788 Australia could have avoided any immigration-based problems altogether," he remarked wryly.