Tony Lavis - sorry to disappoint you but if you check the word it has a number of different spellings, mine is right (except for the thread heading one) and yours is right. American English & English English.

@ Poirot,
<<In that case, perhaps we should institute a broader boarder border?>>

Or perhaps we just need fewer broads in boarder protection

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@ Mac,

It has apparently missed your notice that we didn’t have anything like the current inflow illegal boaties till Julia and Kevin (labors Ken and Barbie act) decided they were going to garner some brownie points with the UN and unravel the border controls.

PlilipS,
How could I have missed the article which said 85% on welfare after 5 years.

I have a very good suggestion regarding border protection. As we can't seem to stop them coming, how about creating a law that says we will take them if they agree to sterilisation?

Laws have been put in place to make sterilisation for cats and dogs mandatory in this state. Theoretically this will create a reduction in population numbers, and unwanted anilmals becoming feral.

Guess I'll get some castigation for this suggestion to mitigate the social effect and financial burden on this country these illegal's have caused. But the truth stands. Like Fiji and England, in years from now we will be a minority group in the country we've built.

So we're all tired of this subject? We shouldn't be - there will be future repercussions if we aren't more vigilant.

mac Quote "Yes, "boat people"/refugees/asylum seekers are, in comparative terms, a very minor problem,"

I would not call refugees costing us $6.6 Billion dollars for the financial year 2012/13 a minor problem. Also take into account that if the numbers arriving increase dramatically as has happened in the past 3 months that figure will certainly blow out.

That figure does not include hundreds of millions of dollars for the navy taxi service.

Also the hidden costs of the money given to the charities that look after them in the community at taxpayer expense.

STILL THINK IT IS A MINOR PROBLEM.

SPQR,

No, it hasn't escaped my notice. To avoid the "post hoc" fallacy, we would have to examine the conditions in the refugees' countries of origin prior to and during the Rudd/ Gillard government. Push factors are far more important than Oz government policies in attracting refugees. Anyone who is prepared to undertake a statistical analysis and compare the relative effectiveness of Coalition and Labor "Border Protection" policies is welcome to try.

I can confidently predict that, if the Coalition wins the next election, the border protection "crisis" will suddenly disappear from the MSM, even if the number of refugees increased.

However, I think I am taking the piss out of your paranoia

Paranoia you say.

So tell me, considering we are borrowing every single day just to provide for our own, because our tax system has failed to provide sufficient funding, at what point do you think we should be worried about this issue?

More importantly, where do you suggest we cut funding from here on in to fund this issue?

Believe me, there is nothing paranoid about worrying about something that is out of control and getting bigger week after week.

As I say, it should be front page news every day just to remind us what sought of a mess these fools created.