Aussie Coss......sweet!!!!

[Stickman]

16 hours ago, bust said:

In all honesty I don't have any issues with the majority of Kiwis. Similar to us Aussies in so many ways.

But the term "Aussies" is very different to what it used to be. What I have found lately is a level of racism beyond what I remember growing up. Australia used to be a very tolerant country to foreigners. Sure there was that pocket of society who felt threatened by anything different but all in all it worked. There was a great film called They're a Weird Mob

That was kind of how it was growing up. Now I find as a white Anglo Saxon Australian I am a minority. I recently had a guy at work complaining about his kids new school being full of Asians and Indians. Oddly he migrated here not too long ago.

Personally doesn't really bother me.

I agree entirely. Relations between Aussies and Kiwis at an individual level are excellent. The odd idiot (on both sides of the Tasman) aside, it's always been pretty good.

When I said that I didn't think Aussies would be up for New Zealand merging with the country, it was  not so much at an individual level but in terms of New Zealand not being nearly as strong as Australia economically and New Zealand would require more from Australia financially than Australia would get out of the deal.

[bust]

Revenue distribution in Oz is a sore point to begin with so wouldn't really change much 😋