Pericles, no need to speak slowly, as this is the budget for Nauru, nothing else.

The scary bit is that it's a budget and, given labor's record of working within budget, we should all be even more worried.

So perhaps you may like to find out just how much, per person , our pensioner (old age) is.

The last time I checked there were no free flights to family funerals either, even if they were armed service heroes.

Ok, so how much do you reckon we should budget to blow them out of the water?

On a per capita basis of course.

rehctub - There are a LOT of costs that are not in that figure
1) The extra aid (bribe) to get Nauru to agree to do it in the first place.
2) The charities that will look after them.
3) The public servants in Canberra and elsewhere that are involved.
4) The cost of chartering a 737 to carry them.
5) The overtime rate and accommodation allowances etc for the 90 federal police that will go with them .
6) "education contractors" they will be provided contract teachers for the kids.
All of the above are not included in the figure, The REAL cost would be way above that.
This Government is an absolute joke and have made or country the refugee paradise

Bugsy, we already play war games, why not have them there.

Philip, I know, but just how sickening do you want this to be.

One has to wonder, with perhaos the mining booms end in sight, where are they going to steal the money from, health, education?

I recon labor has a chocolate wheel in the room with all our needs on it and the illegals in the middle. Just wonder where it will land on today's spin.

Wonder how much it cost to set up Nauru originally, under John Howard's watch?

Um... that was actually my point, rehctub.

>>Pericles, no need to speak slowly, as this is the budget for Nauru, nothing else<<

So you appear satisfied now, that your assertion that "these people get allocated $100,000+, per person" might be misinterpreted as meaning that we plonk a hundred grand in their hands, as a thank-you for making the journey.

Now that we have clarity on that, let's look at the real issues.

My question still stands: how much would be an acceptable dollar figure to you, the taxpayer, as the amount per person that we should spend on our refugee programmes?

Is that number greater than zero?

If it isn't, then we can all stop pretending this is actually about money, can't we, and start hearing about your real concerns.