Thank you Mr Barnett

[the_great_she_elephant]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-07/colin-barnett-wants-up-to-1000-syrian-refugees-sent-to-wa/6755...

I'm not a fan of our current State Government, but Ido  believe in giving credit where credit is due and I was delighted to see the above headline in today's paper.It's not a huge offer,  but it's positive, it's proactive and it  makes me feel proud to be a Waussie.

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"I am of the view that Western Australia could easily accommodate up to 1,000 refugees,"

Mr Barnett urged Prime Minister Tony Abbott to lift the refugee intake in a one-off effort to help deal with the Syrian refugee crisis.

if WA can take up to 1,000, what should

the overall one-off intake be? 

hopefully we'll hear from dutton soon.

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New South Wales Premier Mike Baird has left open the possibility of Australia accepting more than 10,000 extra Syrian refugees.

[icyfroth]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

"I am of the view that Western Australia could easily accommodate up to 1,000 refugees,"

Mr Barnett urged Prime Minister Tony Abbott to lift the refugee intake in a one-off effort to help deal with the Syrian refugee crisis.

if WA can take up to 1,000, what should

the overall one-off intake be? 

hopefully we'll hear from dutton soon.

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Only 1000? WA is half of Australia!

[the_great_she_elephant]

As I said not a huge offer, but it's a start and I think - or at least I hope - he was meaning 1000 extra migrants

I don't think the area of WA has much bearing on the situation - a large part of WA is uninhabitable desert.. It's more a question of financial capacity to look after an extra 1000 refugees - which, in part equates to population, i.e taxpayers, able to carry the burden.

[the_great_she_elephant]

There was also a lovely letter in today's West Australian for a Richard Charlesworth (I think he is Rick Charlesworth the ex hockey player and coach) offering to personally sponsor and assist a refugee family and challenging others to do the same.

[icyfroth]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

There was also a lovely letter in today's West Australian for a Richard Charlesworth (I think he is Rick Charlesworth the ex hockey player and coach) offering to personally sponsor and assist a refugee family and challenging others to do the same.

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How would he feel about sponsoring a group of young agressive men?

[the_great_she_elephant]

As an ex hockey coach and international player, I doubt whether it would bother him. I imagine he had to  handle quite a few aggressive young men during his career.

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

As an ex hockey coach and international player, I doubt whether it would bother him. I imagine he had to  handle quite a few aggressive young men during his career.

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somehow i don't think a sin bin would be 

an adequate measure.

[lyndal1838]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

There was also a lovely letter in today's West Australian for a Richard Charlesworth (I think he is Rick Charlesworth the ex hockey player and coach) offering to personally sponsor and assist a refugee family and challenging others to do the same.

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How would he feel about sponsoring a group of young agressive men?

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The offer was to sponsor a refugee FAMILY....how many families would consist of a group of aggressive young men?