Steele, what a shocker of a post.

There are some good thoughtful contributions on this thread.

So…. could you kindly tell me what it is about my post that is…

<< Selfish, strictured, grasping, whingeing [adapted] with little moral fibre… >>

What is it about the necessity of achieving a sustainable society and a stable population and doubling our formal refugee intake that you disagree with?

To the author
OH how easy it is to be generous when you have wealth and good pensions,
for every economic invader that just takes potential help from an Australian most who have worked hard to get to pension age.
Why is the pension so low, partially because these economic invaders 50,000 + just because of Dudd and Dillard (it's okay they still get there taxpayer indexed for life pension around $200,000 per year).

Remember the ones who had been in Australia more than 5 years and 85% were still on welfare.

If you want more will you provide money out of your pocket to support them, bet you will not.

Must admit did not read your whole article, just the start and title said it all.

My vote counters yours I say do whatever it takes to stop them. WHATEVER IT TAKES.

More sanctimonious than Noel, Steeleredux? Gee, you must be such a perfect person.

BTW, we ARE the majority. Check the results of the last federal election? Or did you miss the fact that this government was elected to do precisely what it is doing? And it has the unwavering support of we good and compassionate (but in a different way to you) Australains.

Dear phillips,

You wrote;

“Remember the ones who had been in Australia more than 5 years and 85% were still on welfare.”

You still trotting out that chestnut? I answered that piece of poison over a year ago.

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=5656#157568

The unemployment rate of refugees after 5 years is 12.5%. Pretty amazing considering all the issues around language and past trauma. It is something this country should be rightly proud of. Not you of course because your nature does not seem to permit it. You demean us all.

I believe this author is voicing what most intelligent Australians do believe.
There is disquiet out in the wider community about the way this Government are supposedly 'turning back the boats'.

These asylum seekers are being judged as non-refugees before we even hear their stories or check out any evidence.
It is un-Australian not to give someone a fair go.

Captain Col thinks this behaviour is what 'we' elected this Government to do.
Yes, it was certainly what the nation's rednecks, racists and bigots wanted them to do, but for the majority of the voters it was simply because the Labour Government was so dysfunctional!

Yes, we all (well, most of us) wanted the drownings to stop, and the people smugglers to be brought to justice, but we didn't want the navy out there being judge and jury, throwing possibly genuine refugees into expensive orange lifeboats and making presents of them all to our nearest neighbours.....

@Redux & Suzy,

ANYONE WITH MORE THAN HALF A BRAIN could have quickly determined that the latest two boats were packed full of economic migrants.

Boat one:
--mostly all ethnic Sinalees (whom advocates assured us up to now were the ruling class!)
--The father of one of scammmers *intereviewed by the ABC* admitted "they were just after work"
--The one found to warrant further investigation opted to return to Sri Lanka when told he would NOT be given plush accomodation on the mainland.

Boat two:
--Originated from safe haven India FFS! (I guess Oz welfare was more enticing)

Yet Suzyonline and Steeleredux want to hold fast to their hackneyed old fairytales.

To do a Foxy (though I promise this reference will be a lot more incisive than anything Foxy would bird droppings like dump on us)
: a good espose of the hypocracy and shallowness of those like the abovementioned is found in a piece by Nick Cater in the Australian JULY 15, 2014 -- titled "Reality bites the compassion-mongers" it is well worth a read.