cont'd ...

And as for my concern about the government's cutting
foreign aid and increasing the military budget.
I would prefer to have my taxpayer's money go towards
saving lives (especially those of children) than have
it being invested in machines that kill people.

You're free to have a different opinion, of course.

Very touchy today, aren't we Philip S.

>>THAT can be converted to "the truth - is the truth"... So what proof do you have this is a beat-up as you state.<<

The Australian Press Council condemns "beat-up" articles as follows:

"Publications should take reasonable steps to ensure reports are accurate, fair and balanced. They should not deliberately mislead or misinform readers either by omission or commission"

My point was that articles such as this don't bother with balance, but instead are designed simply to provide sound-bites for rabid anti-immigration shock-jocks to latch onto, and help them ply their trade of hatred of "otherness".

But you knew that anyway. You just wanted an excuse to foam at the mouth a little more...

>>50,000 arriving during Labor it is NOT hot air it equals BILLIONS of taxpayers dollars each year.<<

I'll guarantee you have absolutely no evidence to back up your "BILLIONS of taxpayers dollars" claim.

But facts shouldn't stand in the way of a good xenophobic rant, should they. It's your right as an Austrayan to chunter on about those evil wogs and chinks and mozzies, isn't it.

Keep up the good work.

Poirot - You wrote
Here's what she said...on the one hand:

"These are the more extreme examples..."

HERE is the whole sentence
"These are the more extreme examples, but I continued to get the impression that many of these people were not genuine refugees."

You further wrote - And on the other:

"But I soon went from dealing with mostly human misery to human demands."

So which is it?

If you read it properly you will understand the 2nd quote came first BUT after time she realized and that is when she said

"These are the more extreme examples, but I continued to get the impression that many of these people were not genuine refugees.

So you statement "So which is it?" was you trying to imply indecision, but in reality it was you trying to use bits and pieces incorrectly.

Please reread it, with the emphasis on "She said she originally got into the field of asylum health because she wanted to treat people."

that goes first then the realization of what was really going on "but I continued to get the impression that many of these people were not genuine refugees.

Philip S,

I quoted correctly.

Anyone could tell from the fact that I posted "These are the more extreme examples..." that it was only a portion of the sentence...the portion that I wished to highlight.

I posted the whole link fairly.

This woman is a medical professional...yes?

Is she qualified to assess people for refugee status on the grounds that she's a medical professional?

Does she have any other qualifications or expertise in the wider assessment of displaced people who seek asylum?

SM made it all up it up, the director of health services has said. You were asked to supply the name of the director of health services who said what you have claimed. Like the rest of the conservative bunch you simply make up lies about asylum seekers, the more outlandish the better you like them. Howard's children over board lies shows how low conservatives will stoop when it comes to denigrating these poor people.
Conservatives have a track record at lying at every opportunity.

Paul,

The article in full:

"ASYLUM-SEEKERS have asked doctors for breast enlargements, IVF treatment and botox, according to the former director of medical health services for Australia's offshore asylum processing network.

Ling Yoong, who helped set up medical services on Nauru and Manus Island and worked on Christmas Island, said the cosmetic operations were requested when asylum-seekers underwent other regular medical checks and necessary treatment.

"We give (the asylum-seekers) the health services they need; we do not give them the services they want," Dr Yoong said in an interview with industry magazine Medical Observer published this week. A medical source familiar with the demands said they had been made in all three offshore locations.

"I was employed to give them the health checks and intervention they needed, but some of the people started demanding things they wanted," the source said. "A woman wanted bigger breasts and said she did not like the ones she had.

"These are the more extreme examples, but I continued to get the impression that many of these people were not genuine refugees.

"If I were a refugee, I would be quietly grateful for arriving somewhere safely, not asking for breast surgery."

Former foreign minister Bob Carr caused outrage among some sections of the community in June when he declared asylum-seekers were increasingly "economic migrants".

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