The Rise Of Australasia - Chapter 282

Chapter 282: Chapter 251: Goodbye Grant Wilson_4

“This is indeed a significant hidden issue. Councillor Grant, do you have any good suggestions?” Arthur asked with a smile.

“Your Majesty, the best way is to increase the attractiveness of other cities. Currently, Australasia lacks a propaganda department to boost the appeal of major Australasian cities at home and abroad, allowing more Australasian cities to come into the sight of Europeans, and change the direction of immigration from the source.” Grant Wilson seemed to have prepared his answer well in advance, responding without hesitation.

Arthur nodded again, more satisfied with Grant’s answer. Indeed, Australasia is currently lacking a propaganda department.

Although the public opinion of Australasia was under Arthur’s control, the government did not have the corresponding publicity means, nor even a propaganda management organization.

Perhaps it is necessary to establish a propaganda department, but a small propaganda department is not enough to enter the cabinet, and at present, it still needs to be affiliated with one of the departments.

At present, the most suitable for the propaganda department is undoubtedly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has the ability to act internationally.

With this in mind, Arthur nodded and smiled, “This is a good plan, Councillor Grant. In addition to this issue, what is another problem?”

Having already gone this far, Grant Wilson naturally wouldn’t hold back and continued to say, “Your Majesty, besides enhancing the appeal of other cities, I think it is necessary to further classify immigrants, allocating migrants from the same region to different states and territories, which fundamentally eliminates the possibility of these immigrants forming forces.”

If one had to rank them in terms of closeness to Arthur, the closest would naturally be Australasians, followed by British immigrants, Russian immigrants, German immigrants, and then immigrants from other European countries.

More than six hundred thousand immigrants arrive in Australasia each year, which is good news for the country.

However, the management of immigrants also needs constant vigilance, as these foreign populations are not entirely safe for national stability.

At least without the necessary time for validation, Arthur wouldn’t completely trust these immigrants. This is also the reason why the election for the Australasian government requires residence in Australasia.

The structure of the Australasian legislature can be divided into Representatives, Territory councilors, City councilors, and so on.

Representatives can elect Cabinet officials and national government members, while state or territory councilors can elect state and local government members. And the lowest level of city councilors has the right to elect only city and village government members.

But even for the lowest-level city councilors, one of the candidacy requirements includes a minimum of three years of residency in any part of Australasia.

State councilors require five years, Representatives ten years, and Cabinet members fifteen years.

Generally speaking, under the influence of Arthur’s various welfare policies and propaganda, foreign immigrants who have lived in Australasia for five years have basically begun to integrate into the Australasian environment.

And those who have lived in Australasia for fifteen years will undoubtedly develop feelings for Australasia and recognize the country.

What Grant is suggesting is actually dividing and disrupting all foreign immigrants, and then allocating them to other administrative regions on a family-by-family basis.

This way, immigrants in the same administrative area basically come from all countries, and the number of familiar people between them will be significantly reduced, greatly reducing the likelihood of these immigrants joining together.

After considering this for a while, Arthur once again looked at Grant Wilson, speaking with a slight seriousness, “Councillor Grant, the two issues you mentioned do exist, and your proposed solutions do have some effect. Australasia needs people like you who can contribute to the country, and I believe the Unity Party can also become an important support and pillar for the government’s work under your leadership.”

“Yes, Your Majesty! Please rest assured, the Unity Party will always be a supporter of the country and the royal family and the vanguard of Australasia’s rise. Although members of the Unity Party come from all regions, we are all blood-related Australasians.” Grant Wilson quickly assured.

At the end of the conversation, before letting the guards escort Grant away, Arthur seemed to casually add to Grant, “Councillor Grant, in a while, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will establish a propaganda department, and the department head candidates will be discussed in the House of Representatives.”