[Zhukov]

Well you wont find anything on wikipedia or anything like that because it's all been removed. As you might know the Australian government controls the internet much like China does, so it's hard for a local person to set up a website about our history without coming to the attention of the authorities. So, no, our struggle isn't as widely known about as say the Palestinians or Irish.

Now, I am not saying that it's all bad, and that living here is comparable to living in Gaza or something, but you can certainly see the difference in living standards of those deemed mainlanders, and those deemed islanders. The government has extra taxes for Tasmanian businesses, which makes it hard to set one up in the first place, and all other Mainland run businesses will basically only choose local workers if they are given no other choice. We are paid less, receive less pensions, and usually have to pay more for rates. Mainlanders move here because there is a lot of cheap, fertile land, and they are given financial help to do so. It's too expensive for a local to own a house, so most people (I know someone that has a house, despite the cost and the lack of being able to loan from the bank) just rent from Mainland landlords.

That's not even starting on the unofficial harassment by groups of Mainlanders that can basically get away with beating you up, smashing your windows, and setting fire to your car. The police look the other way for them, but come down hard on Tasmanian kids spray painting anti-mainland slogans on walls.