Are we counting the ones that the Coalition's policy prevented fleeing their persecution ?And how many asylum seekers have died under the ALP's management of the problem compared with the Coalition?
Are we counting the ones that the Coalition's policy prevented fleeing their persecution ?And how many asylum seekers have died under the ALP's management of the problem compared with the Coalition?
Well that was a waste of a debate. Rudd did his best Milhouse impression, Abbott tried hard not to do his usual dyslexic snake-oil salesman impression (and mostly pulled it off), but the questions from the panel were woeful! After one of them I was totally confused as to what the question was and who it was directed to, and I was relieved when Rudd was equally puzzled. Didn't someone think to vet the questions first???
Of course. Obviously the only possible alternative to "<push> off, we're full" is "come on in and take as much as you want".So the answer is what? Let everyone in & give them a house & benefits
The ACT local government elections, OTOH, provide endless scope for amusement. No above-the-line voting, plus Robson rotation plus five or seven members elected in each electorate.
Are we counting the ones that the Coalition's policy prevented fleeing their persecution ?
I'd like to know why the leader of the party representing 10%+ of the Australian population wasn't on the "leader's debate".
You do realise that the bloke you are going to vote for is on the same page as that? Actually, he'd rather turn them back so they sink their own boats. Be proud if that when you vote.
Because the other 90% get irritated by her and they only have 1 soon to be 0 in the house of reps
Hook, line, and sinker.Much easier to use "illegal" compared to the words "asylum seekers/ economic refugees supporting illegal people smugglers and corrupt Indonesian officials and with a death wish that often also causes innocent children to die"
Why anyone thinks being able to scrape together enough cash to pay a people smuggler automatically means you can't be a genuine refugee, is a bit beyond me.Unfortunately with current global political issues there are 40m+ refugees plus a lot more economic refugees and due to our attractive social security Australia is an attractive country. We can afford to be generous but there does need to be a limit and I qould prefer a managed process where we can select the most at risk/ the most deserving rather than what is effectively Russian roulette for those with $$$s to their name.
What, and the other two are paragons of non irritation.
I'd like to know why the leader of the party representing 10%+ of the Australian population wasn't on the "leader's debate".
David Speers, Sky News political editor. The only time I hear from him is at election time as I don't have pay-tv.I don't know who the moderator was, but there was a while where it appeared that he was the third candidate - he certainly did more than his fair share of talking. It gets a bit tedious with these journalists who believe that they are the story.
I see you're another person who believes middle-class people can't be persecuted. Presumably you were sleeping through your history lessons at school.You mean fleeing poverty?
Hardly seems a fair comparison, then.Either way no because that's unknown and like Mr Rudd says we should deal in facts.
Ah, so only viewpoints that don't irritate people should be debated ? I guess that's one way of making the debates shorter.Because the other 90% get irritated by her and they only have 1 soon to be 0 in the house of reps
Someone else terrified of democracy, I see.Because it's only 10% I.E. bugger all!
Why anyone thinks being able to scrape together enough cash to pay a people smuggler automatically means you can't be a genuine refugee, is a bit beyond me.
That's the bottom line for me. The boats are unsafe, vulnerable people die. We don't encourage airlines with horrific safety records to fly here, so why should we encourage thousands to put their lives at risk on overcrowded old trawlers?And how many asylum seekers have died under the ALP's management of the problem compared with the Coalition?
What does something like that mean in a historical sense......no Vietnamese for a start. Can you live with that?
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