Dear rehctub,

As a taxpayer, a citizen, a voter, of this country, I
am entitled to make my wishes known to the government
as are you. Therefore you are quite free to let the
government know how you feel on this issue. However,
most Australians it appears do not agree with you -
therefore I think you'll be out-voted in this matter.
But go right ahead and continue expressing your views.
I ,and the rest of the country will do the same.

Foxy, I mean no disrespect, but views are simply words. Where is the money going to come from, and what will have to miss out.

Now if it comes from foreign aid, I have no real problems, but we must also remember getting them here is just the beginning, evidence being in the mess created when Rudd launched his grand plan.

On that note, do we allow the illegals who are in camps in to make room for these people?

How many of these people you are wanting to help could be extremists. I have no idear, do you!

Where were these watermelon greens and labor in the first few years of the Syrian crisis? In 2012/13 Juliar and her cronies only gave sanctuary to 98 Syrians, yet when TA is already granting asylum to 4000 p.a. we get these sanctimonious twerps hypocritically calling for vast numbers of asylum places.

I also note that these same left whingers that are so determined that the government spend $billions on these refugees are also the ones that scream blue murder when Hockey tries to reduce spending in other areas.

As the Christians and other minorities are the most persecuted in Syria, I see justification in giving them priority.

Don't be silly Shadow Minister .
Where is it written anywhere that only Labor or Greens supporters are supportive of taking in Syrian refugees?
You really have no idea.

Do you think Abbott and his merry crew would even consider increasing the number of these refugees coming to Australia if it was only the opposition demanding it?
I personally know many Liberal supporters who have been disgusted at Abbott's slow reaction to requests for assistance in this current crisis.

As for Abbott suggesting piously that we would accept Syrian refugees of 'minority' groups, who are hard done by, no one believes he is not really saying " yes, ok then people, we will take in more refugees, but only if they aren't Muslims".!

What a dreadfully racist and embarrassing thing to say. Is one Syrian Muslim family who have been bombed out of their homes and livelihoods any less needy than the Syrian Christian family next door to them?

No one can say who is violent and who is not out of groups of thousands of these refugees, but we have to take that chance if we are any way human, and if we want to assist the European countries (the ol' Mother Countries?) that many on this forum profess to love so much...

Well, Tony has out-Billed Bill with 12,000 country shoppers from Syria. Bishop chunters on about persecuted minorities - Christians.

Just imagine the piles of head scarfs that nobody owns all over Europe.

I was somewhat pleased with the governments bipartisan approach to this crises, having announced Australia will take 12,000 additional refugees, more than Labor wanted, but less than what the Greens asked for, and a lot less than the 50,0000 Liberal MP Ewan Jones called for. Good to see the rednecks within the Liberal Party failed to gain the ascendancy and humanitarianism is still alive and well, even if it has taken a battering over the last few years. Obviously Mr Jones was not the only positive voice within the party on this, with many others holding similar views.
As for the raving right on the forum, they will be most disappointed and now have to accept the inevitable. Butch you need to get things into perspective, if Australia was to chip in a $100 million, that would only be a little over $4 per head, not a huge impost by any measure. In fact i am sure there are many Australian willing to throw in a lot more than four bucks, or in your parlance a half kilo of sausages.
As for what I do or don't do on this, I don't wish to beat my own drum, but I'll do a little bit more than that $4, and my partner "T" has indicated that she wishes to be involved with this and will phone a Muslim activist friend today as to what help she can be. These things usually take some time to get off the ground.