"The key to our position here, it's been a strong and consistent position for 10 years now, is that people who come illegally by boat will not be granted permanent residency," Mr Abbott said.
I don't understand "who come illegally by boat". It is not illegal to seek Assylum in Australia, even if arriving by boat.
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I agree with the TVP's. Sort of like 3 year good behaviour bonds and/or return to destination of origin once it is safe to do so. I have no problem with that. The whole idea is to provide sanctuary for those in danger. Once the danger is over, let them go home and return under legal methods. (I say legal, as if they are no longer in danger etc, then they cannot legally claim assylum) If their motivation for seeking sanctuary here is safety, then I have no problem denying permanent residency,
As for "no right to appeal" I have no problem with that either. We're not a selfish country, we don't just deny people assistance because we're not very nice people or because we feel like it. If they appeal and are denied, then that's how it is, they need to accept no for an answer, not consume resources that are already stretched so thinly and not even covering the needs of our citizens.
Here's the thing, we just can't help everybody. It would be great if we could, but we just can't. From what I understand, we are in enormous debt at the moment, so actions need to be taken to reduce that debt and that will no doubt require cutbacks in many areas.
I believe that those opposing the coalition's proposals on this matter are either being played and not looking at the big picture, or are playing on people's emotions in a desperate attempt to besmirch the opposition.
The bottom line is, the spending has to stop. If any party decided to reduce spending in areas such as Health, Education, Pensions etc, the outcry would be no different as they are equally emotive topics.
If Australia doesn't start following some basic Economic principles (regardless of who is in power) then we will end up being the Assylum Seekers ourselves. We cannot survive on debt. Eventually people want their money back and they stop wanting to give you more.
We need to cut the spending. We need to reduce debt. We need to remain a strong country, not only for our own citizens, but so that we can continue to help others into the future.
The difference between the rich and the poor is that the rich invest first then spend what's left over. The poor spend first and invest what's left over. Whilstever Australia is in debt, we cannot invest. We need to reduce/eliminate debt and build capital, or we won't even be able to provide Basic Human Rights for ourselves, far less help other people as well. It's as simple as that.
Human Rights - pfft - it seems we throw those two words around so discriminately, eh? Who is crying out for the Human Rights of the homeless people in our society? Who is crying out for the Human Rights of our elderly? Just because they are already in Australia, doesn't mean that their lives are not in danger.
It is illegal to sleep under a bridge regardless of whether you are rich or poor.
Some people can go their whole lives and never really live for a single minute.
