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  A complex topic, and one that needs examination. Whatever your stand on migration, there are some practical outcomes to our current sorry state in terms of native workers. There are many migrant workers, as PaulW points out, without whom some industries would be untenable - social and nursing care is one. The real outcome though is that many of our vulnerable elders and sick are cared for by people who do not speak English. Imagine: you have had a stroke and are not able to communicate well, have some trouble hearing perhaps, slur your words a bit, get a little muddled. And your nurses and carers don't speak English or understand some of the idioms and expressions you might use or want used. This is not an unusual circumstance by any means. It is no critisism of the workers - many of whom are kind and caring, and many of whom have significant skills - but it is an indictment of how we fund and perceive the care and support of our elders and our sick.

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