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Did anyone else see this yesterday?
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-...in-the-nation/
As a quick summary:
1. WA is growing faster now than anytime in the last 40 years, with the first three months of this year being 220 people a day.
2. During the March quarter:
2. - about fourteen thousand migrants moved to the State from overseas
2. - births outweighed deaths by 4300
2. - 1500 people moved West from other parts of the country
=> the local population increased by a record 20,215.
3. There are now 2.2 million people in WA, an increase of 68,000 in the past 12 months. Of these, 43,000 are from overseas, 18,700 are from the State's increased birthrate while 5900 were attracted from other parts of the country.
4. Perth has 1.6 million residents, an increase of 43,000 in one year. The city has added 166,000 people since 2003.
Immigration from overseas is far and away the dominant population increase. Even assuming all the interstaters came from Victoria and South Australia, which football codes are most of the immigrants likely to follow? And the relative proportions seem to be a consistent trend, so what conclusions should be drawn with respect to future sports infrastructure planning?
I would praise you, Swee, but it's likely that some drongo would take it the wrong way
Success is not final, failure is not fatal:
it is the courage to continue that counts.
- Winston Churchill
And we'd still have them 2 to 1....
We' ve decided - we're taking cushions and will stand on the 8th set of footprints 3 row back near the bar - we'll be the ones with the sign saying who is cousins anyways !
Seriously fantastic news - can't wait - had a wee taster at the local finals the other day and could actually hear the lineout calls.
61 years between Grand Slams Was the wait worth it - Ya betta baby
The cynic has just pointed out it might be difficult to hear the calls with 18,000 people screaming - valid point.
61 years between Grand Slams Was the wait worth it - Ya betta baby
New state immigration test.
What does against the head mean?
"Against the head"? f*** off you failed the immigration test.
Incidentally every win against the head is an automatic scull of all remaining beer.
"what's an automatic scull" I just said f*** off you failed the immigration test already.
Do wha the Irish do only to a greater exetreme. Whenever the Force have the ball quiet down until they do something good and when the opposition have then scream abuse mercilessly. Problem solved.
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Each and every new immigrant shuld be met by a Force welcoming commitee. On arrival they are given Force supporter gear and their kids registered with RugbyWA. Conversely limit immigration. Place the question of preferred sport. If they say Rugby welcome them with open arms. If they don't ship them off to Christmas Island.
Well you need more Irish and their leaving their country in droves again because of the latest down turn.. All you have to do is convince them they want to be miners again... Safers will come also they like mining also just... Here's an idea get rugby into schools because in the end if you can't make'm you'll not hav'em...