Not 1 homeless refugee THOUSANDS of homeless Australians.
Philip S,
Hang on a sec. I thought Australia was such a wonderful country how come there are so many people in difficult economic & social situations ?
Perhaps I should buy my self some rose-coloured glasses like the Labor supporters are wearing eh ?
Or is it the I'm alright Jack, stuff you mentality creeping in again ?

Is the Australian homeless situation 100% genuine. What percentage are homeless by choice. Accommodation costs plenty, some people see better ways of spending that money. On a trip around AU you see heaps of homeless by choice people, they park in the bush ,at roadside stops anywhere you don't pay accommodation.
Aid money spent on food has to be the worst kind of aid, Those that are starving are in a no win situation and only delaying the inevitable end.
The foreign aid budget is rightly spent within AU on foreign supposed refugees. We should have no problem with that. That is foreign aid.

579,

Gak!....thread after thread on this forum, nothing but the same insularity and lack of compassion - yours is just the latest.

What is it with fortunate first worlders that they gain in material fortune while losing their empathy?

Poirot: What is it with fortunate first worlders that they gain in material fortune while losing their empathy?

Aaah Poirot. I wondered when you would pop in all wet from crying into your navel. Fortunately, dear Poirot, most of have to live in the real world & face real world facts. We can't afford the luxury of living in fairyland with all the other sugarplum fairies, fairy dust, flowers, pretty rainbows & cockleshells all in a row. I know self induced LSD type trips must be nice. I’m sure they are nice for you. Unfortunately those of us who can’t afford the luxury of living in that space can & must only act on cold hard facts.

If those cold hard facts offend you then stiff doo doo. Here’s a tissue...

Have you ever given any thought to the fact that your attitude just may offend other people as much as theirs offends yours. Just a PC thought.

Go for it, Jayb.

There's nothing like a Boxing Day dose of scintillating mediocrity to warm the cockle(shell)s of my heart.

Most impressive.....

579 - Quote "Is the Australian homeless situation 100% genuine. What percentage are homeless by choice. Accommodation costs plenty,"

Use your brain the Government have released thousands of boat people where do you think the houses are or came from, they are not building them so they will pay any price because they have to thus landlords know this and can raise rents putting it out of reach of many people.

This statement of yours is totally idiotic "Accommodation costs plenty"
So because it cost plenty people are happy to sleep in a car or under a bridge.

By any chance are you related to Belly?