I agree with you on this one Phoenixuk2oz. In fact I've written the minister so many letters about this issue that I'm surprised they didn't throw me out of the country! I'm currently considering starting a campaign to get this stupid law scrapped as it is rediculous and discriminates against people with more than one or two children.
The "balance of family" test makes no sense in any way whatsoever. I come from a family of 5 children (I'm white by the way, incase you were wondering ;-) and I am the only one who is willing and financially able to take care of my parents when they get too old to do so themselves. My husband is in a similar position. None of our other sibs could be bothered, yet we cannot bring our parents into Aus because he and I are the only children of theirs here. I have asked the honourable minister how she calculates that a single child from a single-child family, would be better able to take care of their parent than myself, the eldest of 5 children, yet still one single person at the end of the day? Or is it writ in blood somewhere that single children are more successful financially than children with other siblings?
If we have a property with two homes and space for two sets of parents to live in, and they and we are willing to take care of their needs financially and otherwise, whose business is it anyway?
-- Meow!
