Dear Philip,

I've been watching the program for a long time
now, and to me, it seems like there's a very
wide variety of opinions and views presented
both in the audience and the panel.

Still, I suppose neither of us can be 100 per cent
certain of what goes on behind the scenes.
We can only go by what we see (or want to see) and
even that is influenced by our own subjective views.

Hi Foxy, the Syrian catastrophe is the greatest humanitarian crises in Europe since WWII. Presently there is between 11 and 12 million people displaced because of the civil war. There are 4 million Syrians registered with the UN as refugees, over 50% are children. 7.6 million are displaced within Syria with the largest external numbers located in Jordan and Lebanon, with a large number possibly 1,000,000 or more having escaped into northern Iraq in 2013, these refugees are now trapped by the conflict in that country. Many more have moved into Turkey hoping to make the crossing into Europe. The situation is deteriorating by the day, but many countries are reacting positively to the crises.

This catastrophe has cut across party political lines in Australia, with Liberal MP Ewan Jones calling on his own government to take 50,000 Syrian refugees. The Greens are supportive of a one off increase in the total refugee intake by 20,000 and Labor 10,000. The government is to announce its response to the cries tomorrow. What ever the numbers are and the final outcome as far as Australia is concerned I hope it is as Abbott said "substantive", nothing less will do.

Foxy, There would be few people who are not disturbed by what's going on at present, but not one person is able to explain just where the money is going to come from here or what we are going to cut funding to in order to accommodate the extras.

Perhaps you might try to give it a go, or perhaps Paul can explain, otherwise what you are saying are just words.

I sincerely hope the both of you earn in excess of $150K per year,meaning you don't get supported in any way by the top 20odd % of tax payers, because if youre not, you are simply willingly committing other people's money.

Words are cheap, especially when you don't have to foot the bill. I just hope you're not guilty of cheap words, while expecting others to pay.

Food for thought hey!

Rehctub, if this Government can find money to pay for a royal commission into trade unions, and is also considering to pay for a plebiscite to consider gay marriage, and pay for 'chaplains' at public schools, they can also decide to scrap all that rubbish to assist some refugees.

We took in Europeans and Vietnamese after their respective wars, and this is no different. People like you carried on about the "Reds Under The Beds', the Yellow Peril, and the Commies when all those other refugees came to Australia.
We aren't doing so bad after all the racist rants after all...

Dear Suse,

Well said.

I couldn't have said it any better.

Thank You.

You're welcome Foxy :)
Luckily, most Aussies feel the same as we do over this refugee crisis, so I wouldn't get too upset over the rants of the few radicals on this site.

Cheers,
Suse.