on 10-01-2014 05:33 PM
quote:
' Most Australians think asylum seekers who arrive by boat are not genuine refugees and there is strong support for the Abbott government to treat boat arrivals more harshly '
on 10-01-2014 05:38 PM
quote:
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Only 30 per cent of Australians think asylum seekers should not be treated more severely, while 9 per cent are unsure.
A majority of Australians - 59 per cent - oppose refugees receiving government welfare assistance. Only 27 per cent believe that refugees should receive government support.' end quote
on 10-01-2014 05:47 PM
its odd how people long for the good old days but abandon the spirit that made this a place worth living .
on 10-01-2014 05:53 PM
What a sad, terrible, shameful state of affairs. We certainly have gone from "she'll be right mate" to "I'll be right mate".
on 10-01-2014 05:55 PM
on 10-01-2014 05:57 PM
@boris1gary wrote:What a sad, terrible, shameful state of affairs. We certainly have gone from "she'll be right mate" to "I'll be right mate".
Yep, they demonise people shamelessly then survey those who read the demonising asking them to agree with the demoniser, then say told you so.
10-01-2014 05:58 PM - edited 10-01-2014 05:59 PM
Tony Abbott speech - 'The point is not to provide sport for public discussion, the point is to stop the boats'.. 9 Jan
Better not discuss it then.
on 10-01-2014 06:04 PM
Shameful, disgusting and disgraceful to treat vulnerable people with such ignorant and selfish disdain.
on 10-01-2014 06:07 PM
' Most Australians think asylum seekers who arrive by boat are not genuine refugees
That may be true - but does that make them right?
As the song in South Pacific says: 'You've got to be carefully taught' - and the Australian public has had some pretty careful teachers.
on 10-01-2014 08:11 PM
I am appalled then, I can't imagine anyone I know in that group who would think that let alone vote for it.