Lexi - I see you come out with a new set of links BUT you fail to address the post that proves that they are ECONOMIC REFUGEES

Poirot - There is a big difference between shouting and emphasizing something (making it stand out) better luck next time.
it also has to be noted that you are good at commenting with childlike snide remarks - but you fail to answer questions when people ask them.

NOTICE HOW EVEN THOUGH THE TRUTH COMES OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE ECONOMIC REFUGEES Poirot, LEXI, Suseonline and Marilyn Shepherd STILL CANNOT ACCEPT THEY ARE WRONG AND HAVE BEEN DUPED.

That article also means the WEAK USELESS Government needs to see where the so-called-refugees in Australia are sending money to as it will betray where they really came from and the fact they were safe and are only economic refugees.

BEARING THAT IN MIND ANY DISCUSSION WITH THEM WOULD BE LIKE TALKING TO A BRICK WALL, A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME.

IN FUTURE ON THIS SUBJECT RATHER THAN COMMENT I WILL MOSTLY JUST
RE POST THE EVIDENCE TO THEM FROM THE MOUTHS OF THE REFUGEES.

individual - Why are you wasting your time with questions to Poirot when presented with evidence that the boat people in Indonesia are economic refugees all he could do was come back with a childlike snide remark.

Lexi - What is your point about the New Zealanders THEY ARE WORKING AND NOT SPONGING ON THE TAXPAYER.

I would have posted this earlier but had a 5 hour post delay.

I could understand the bleeding heart brigade if we were in a situation whereby our seniors are well cared for, our education system is not growling for, or swapping funding around, and our economy was goimg strong and in surplus.

The reality is, none f the above are the case and, I have long held the belief that charity starts at home.

So once we clean up our own back yard, then, and only then, we shoukd loom towards helping others.

Stop shouting, Philip S.

Cohenite,

"...this loathing of Australia..."

The only loathing I can see here is that emanating from Australians.

individual,

"....you're smudging the good reputation of a film character of integrity..."

His creator was married to a renowned archeologist, an expert in Middle-Eastern archeology. They spent much time on digs in Iraq and Syria. I'm supposing she had a more fulsome appreciation of Middle-Eastern people and practices than you could ever dream of.

Ojnab, I wrote that sentence wrong in my last post.

I meant to say that far more people from other religious, or non- religious, backgrounds have caused violence in this country, than those from Muslim backgrounds....

I was suggesting that all this almost paranoid feelings that some posters feel about Muslim immigrants is unfounded in our country.
I certainly wasn't having a go at atheists.

I realize this subject is a very emotional one for many posters, but I am still amused by the usual gender differences of opinion on this site.

On many divisive subjects it appears to be the male posters taking the hard, anti-Government, positions.
The female posters almost always take the right position of course : )

Lexi,
Obviously Jane Fynes-Clinton is incorrect in her assesment of the illegals, but one sentence she does write I can relate to.

She wrote."Government statistics show that four in five of those arriving by boat are eventually deemed to be refugees, while only about one in five of those arriving by air pass the test".

The government needs to inform us as to why the difference in acceptance rates. I cannot find any official explanation for the difference. the only thing I can see is that we have proof of identity with the ones that arrive legally and it is easier to refuse them and send them back to where they embarked. We cannot prove who the illegals are and other countries will not take them back without proof. So it is easier to allow them in. It would be good to get an explanation from government.

In relation to your second link. Yes i do think 53000 from NZ is far too many and the situation needs to be re-appraised. It seems a very one sided arrangement we have with NZ and why they should get preference over other migrants remains a mystery. If one talks to people in Bondi and Coogee, it seems many Kiwis do not work.

I'm supposing she had a more fulsome appreciation of Middle-Eastern people and practices than you could ever dream of.
Poirot,
That's interesting but you're still smearing the character with your mentality. I'm sure she enjoyed & exploited to the fullest the so much by you maligned colonial system of those years.