Simply WOW, You've have to laugh this one off but seriously casual racism (tick), not at all stunned that a minister makes such a statement (tick) but for the love of God does nobody screen press releases at the "Liberal" party to stop such a gaff?

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226240522173

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nati...-1226240326959

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nati...-1226240552125


TTFN, off to buy the extra soap!


Alex

Brilliant faux pas! Crikey - how many chins does that woman need !

Stay classy, Liberals.

She's a Liberal, so she'll have one for everyday wear, one for evenings, one for press releases, and one for Sunday best.

Christ, she looks like a female Hermann Goering . . . "Ve hev vays of making you vosh!"

Give her a break, she suffers from cake retention.

She's been so used shovelling everything into her mouth she obviously forgot to stop at her feet.

Typical neauvau riche... Throwing on every chin she owns just for show.... Just one would have sufficed....

Same with jewellary... A Simple single strand of pearls at afternoon tea darling, never your tiarra.... Thats what my Granny always used to say.

I'm not going to defend this woman, but I can understand where she's coming from. While living in the Middle East, we had to develop coping mechanisms for surviving the stench after the workers left from their daily maintenance trips to our villa, we also learnt how to stand side by side in lines so that the indian and local kids didn't push past us to get to the front of the queue. There's nothing that pisses you off more as a parent than making your kids stand nicely in line for their turn and being pushed further and further back in the queue by rude little bastards whose parents say nothing. Since coming back to Australia, I have noticed that these traits are not left at home when they move here.

Quite a few natives need the classes as well. Hallitosis is rife in Australia, took me a few months to satisfy myself it wasn't me.

As usual, these things are blown out of proportion and the press cherrypick the sensational bits for headlines. I heard her on the radio this morning and she had some good points in helping migrants to assimilate and integrate. Wearing deodorant on public transport is the done thing in the west and many migrants from non-western countries may not be aware that smelly body odour is not cool in public.

The biggest deodorant issues in Australia are certainly not those of migrants. Take a walk through K Mart in Alice Springs and catch a whiff!

But do the offenders in Alice head off to the workplace every day - it probably only applies on cheque day.

Discussing it on the radio now.... Someone mentioned the Poms LOL ! Which is a bit strange as all our visitors OD on the deoderant IMO.

I think a brief introduction into things that can be considered offensive could be an idea.

I actually had a go at a new Migrant at work recently as he wasn't saying Please or at least Thank you when collecting mail from me and my Co workers.... unlike 99.99 pct of the other Workers. Including the White collar professionals from head office in the city we had helping us over Xmas. I've noticed this trait amongst a certain group now and I reckon it comes down to them feeling uppity. He has changed his ways and the good manners seem to have spread amongst his recently group appointed compatriates. Twas a fresh of the boat Indian. Strange as I seem to recall them as being very polite in the UK. Maybe it's an aberration ? For some strange reason I suspected him of having a class issue,

Aussie Politician Competency - Remedial Class

It's no use OD'ing on deodorant if the pits are not clean to start with. Sweating is natural, to a certain extent healthy, and should not stink.

I've heard it said by Asians that we Caucs smell of cheese

My first supervisor when I came here was a lady and a true blue aussie, not only did she stink, but you could see dirty collars on her white blouses. I was a bit surprised, I was naive to expect a lot more from a westerner. Personal hygiene can not be stereotyped, this MP raises a valid point, but lacks form and comes off as racist.