Asylum seeker handouts scrapped: Australian taxpayers to save $25 million a Year

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Long over due and the only people that will be crying is the lawyers that were bleeding the system  and the bleeding heart lefties..

Why should our tax  money pay for illegals with no papers to rort the system 

Well done Scott Morrision

TAXPAYERS will save $25 million a year after the Abbott government today scraps free immigration assistance to ­asylum seekers.

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison last night said Australia’s protection obligations did not extend to providing free immigration help to those who arrived in Australia ­illegally.

He said, as promised before the election, that from today, people who arrived illegally by boat or air would no longer be helped through the Immigration Advice and Application Assistance Scheme.

But he said the withdrawal of the taxpayer help would not prevent people receiving legal assistance, saying those who wished to provide immigration advice and application assistance pro bono were free to do so.

The government continues to roll out its Operation ­Sovereign Borders suite of policies after notching at the weekend 100 days without a successful people smuggling venture making it to Australia. The government expects the withdrawal of the free assistance will save the budget $100 million over four years

If people choose to violate how Australia chooses to run our refugee and humanitarian program, they should not presume upon the support and assistance that is provided to those who seek to come the right way, and they should certainly not receive additional assistance, as they did under the previous government,’’ Mr Morrison said.

‘‘Services that have commenced will be ­completed, but the IAAAS will not continue for any additional part of the process that would incur an additional fee

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/asylum-seeker-handouts-scrapped-australian-taxpayers-to-save-25...

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@diamond-halo wrote:

Maybe save that for when their understanding of the overarching issue surpasses a grade 4 level.

Hopefully they are also learning that people smuggling is bad and needs to be discourtaged with an aim to stopping it.

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If you can argue how any of that is adaptable according to public opinion on people smugglers please do so

[*crikey*mate*]

huh?

[just_me_karen]

It was good to see religious leaders speaking out about the cruel, indefinite detention system today.

The other day several were arrested for praying in Scott Morisson's office. I guess he's another one of those pretendy religious zealots.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

What information? I'm not sure what you are asking me to provide. Not sure how we got to kids schooling either. Or who suggested anyones lives are more valuable than other? 

And I am not sure how any of that relates to my post on the definition of legal aid.

Sorry to sound blonde but I seem to have missed some links somewhere.

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"Sorry to sound blonde"

I consider that a racist comment. You're inferring that blonde people are automatically dumb.

You would never tolerate that sort of comment if some referred to a person of a black or arabic of chinese person in that way, so why would you use it against a blonde (white) person?

What you should have just said is "sorry to sound dumb".

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Apologies Icy. It's habit because my maiden name translates to something similar so I use this to describe myself often.

But I agree with your comment. So I do apologise to you or anyone else who would find this offensive.

[icyfroth]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

What information? I'm not sure what you are asking me to provide. Not sure how we got to kids schooling either. Or who suggested anyones lives are more valuable than other? 

And I am not sure how any of that relates to my post on the definition of legal aid.

Sorry to sound blonde but I seem to have missed some links somewhere.

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"Sorry to sound blonde"

I consider that a racist comment. You're inferring that blonde people are automatically dumb.

You would never tolerate that sort of comment if some referred to a person of a black or arabic of chinese person in that way, so why would you use it against a blonde (white) person?

What you should have just said is "sorry to sound dumb".

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Apologies Icy. It's habit because my maiden name translates to something similar so I use this to describe myself often.

But I agree with your comment. So I do apologise to you or anyone else who would find this offensive.

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Thanks for your apology, 'tini, it shows a certain largesse of character. 

I accept.

[icyfroth]

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@just_me_karen wrote:
Yes

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So who are they?