our kind of people? read the information on the next two slides

Our kind of people?

• Read the information on the next two slides.

“Have you ever got near them? They must really stink! According to the statistics they only take a

bath once a fortnight. They can’t make money, they have no jobs at home so they come over here to mess up our economy and take

our jobs.

And why is there so much unemployment in their own country? Because they’re a

lazy lot, who don’t want to work. Well let them be warned, they

won’t be allowed to live on social security here.”

• Who do you think wrote this?

• When was it written?

• Who is it about?

(the answers are on the next slide)

Our kind of people?

• The source of the information is an Australian tabloid newspaper called the Sydney Star.

• It was written in 1981.

• The article is about British people arriving in Australia.

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