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Certainly, I agree, people do make their own decisions, and I am as guilty as any, having bought a place in Thailand. I'm trying to sell it, and while it is true Thailand does not have the problems the Philippines does, but, even so, it was bought without thinking things through, a lesson well learnt. You have more faith in the human race than I. The attitude tends to be "if we have a good time, and it's free, who cares"

To make it clear: there are many filipinos living in Australia. Trading links also exist. Do you really think the Australian government or any government, is going to offend the president to such an extent by advising people not to go, full stop? Governments are seldom honest about other governments. They only ever say bad things about easy targets.