Suze,

You are attributing my quote to butch, and if you don't believe that ISIS targets non Muslims for special barbarity, you are unbelievably naive.

One of the objectives of stopping the boats was to prevent the quota of refugee places being filled by economic migrants and queue jumpers as happened under labor. With the boats stopped, places can now be given to those in greatest need.

I think we are finished here. Big Girl's Blouse Abbott has buckled as usual, and we are getting 12,000 country-shoppers on top of all the other economy-sapping bludgers we already have.

Shadow, I take it you are in agreement with the governments decision to take 12,000 additional refugees?

ttbn, if you were to hop a plane to say New Zealand, then there would be one less, am I correct?

Paul,

I do agree. That was the whole point of stopping the boats to prevent people dying, and ensuring that those that got sanctuary were the most deserving. Women, children, families especially persecuted ethnic minorities are the most deserving.

"Women, children, families especially persecuted ethnic minorities..."

Why sanitize discrimination with pretty words? Why not just say it like it is, on national security grounds? Religious extremism and violence is most likely to emanate from followers of Islam, as world events have proven over the last 15 years.

So as not to increase that likelihood in Australia, Islamic refugees should be resettled here in proportion to their already existent proportion of our population. This should appease the Islamic community that currently feels aggrieved by the LNP's obvious discrimination.

Better, IMO, find 12000 atheists amongst the 60 million refugees so we don't risk having more "Christian" likes of runner in our midst trying to rule over us with their fairy-tales.

LF,

Discrimination on the basis of need is the purpose of foreign aid, and if you can't see that I seriously question your ethics. Are you so against anything the coalition does that you are prepared to abandon any decency to criticize