Comments by "Granny Annie" (@grannyannie2948) on "spiked" channel.

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  38. My ancestors arrived in Australia between 1830 and 1850 and I assure you that they were pioneers in every sense of the word. The 40acrea selections occurred during a certain period, which was a period when the states were self governing separate colonies. It was not a national practice. People were allowed to work on selections of land claimed by squatters, to which the squatter had no legal title. The selector had a given period in which to create a productive farm and keep it, or fail and lose it. The squatter had an interest in assuring the selector failed, or at least that's how it's presented in literature. Similar programs were being ran in the US, the story, Little House on the Prairie, is essentially the childhood memories of one of these government programs. They still operated in Alaska at the end of the twentieth century. As for being a nanny state this and being a welfare state, did not begin until Whitlem in the 1970s (who was sacked). On the contrary I have seen videos shown to would be British immigrants in the 1950s and 60s. They warned that Australia had no NHIS and people were advised to take out insurance or join friendly societies. They were also advised that several welfare schemes available in the UK were not available in Australia. No assistance for being injured and unable to work (without private insurance) no free food for school kids etc. I think your account is very ACT centric, which is probably why very few politicians are in tune with their electorates anymore.
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