"SWARMS of African refugees attacking Spanish enclaves"?

Yep Boaz - I think you might be hallucinating. I haven't noticed too many reports of such happenings in Oz of late, nor do I recall any mention of them in Dickie's article.

How about exercising a bit less xenophobia and a bit more (dare I say it) Christian compassion, eh?

What’s Christian compassion? Does Dave know the meaning of compassion without referring to his leather-bound texts in rice paper? As soon as you use the term “swarms” for asylum seekers, it immediately conjures up something unwanted and threatening. Dave, what are you so frightened of that your god won’t save you from?

For a starters ,stop labelling new comers to this country as "Asylum Seekers" until proven as such.
This would have to be the greatest confidence trick pulled on this nation ever.
Send such people to off shore detention centres until their claims are proven, genuine asylum seekers will be happy to be in a place of safety, the others will not.
Australian citizenship should be a privilege not part of the furniture and it should be revoked if necessary.

I agree with Ms Dickie that this bill will not only deprive the applicant of a basic right in a society ruled by law, but also deprive the courts of professional legal advice which can streamline and present facts in the correct manner.

Pro bono services are important to assist people who cannot afford professional legal advice, especially asylum seekers. With this bill, lawyers are not motivated to take on genuine cases, leaving these people who have fled injustice in their country to be treated with another form of injustice in Australia