Foxy Why are you sucking up to Paul1405, he put nothing into perspective just tried to hijack the thread.

From you link.
"Baird has described asylum seekers as “one of the most vulnerable in our society, often living below the poverty line”"

** BS they get preferential housing, medical plus have government funded support from asylum seeker support agencies. as for living below the poverty line so are millions of Australians. **
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Quote "Non-government community agencies have previously been funding transport for asylum seekers in NSW."

** Why is he giving them something they are already getting. **

Quote "permanently reside in NSW and receive aid from an asylum seeker support agency."

** They must already be getting aid (NOT AVAILABLE TO AUSTRALIAN) he want to give them more. **

I didn't realise Baird was also a moron !

Hi Foxy,

For all the blabbering on from Phil, the net cost to the government for this is zero dollars. The public transport system would still be running at the same cost, with or without the Asylum Seekers.

Paul1405,
I have never believed in two wrongs making a right !

Dear Paul,

Don't worry. I was impressed with what NSW is
doing regarding transport concessions for
asylum seekers. It may help a little.
All this fuss about it however reminds me of
Peter Dutton's faux claim that asylume seekers
will be taking medical help away from Australian
citizens. Dutton's trying to appeal to his
constituents by fear mongering. There is an election
around the corner. Fear mongering is all he's got.

Hi Foxy,

This just shows the vindictiveness of some regarding asylum seekers.

//Taxpayers shell out $4million for asylum seekers to receive discounts on public transport.//

This opening statement is untrue. There is no physical $4million being shelled out. The excess capacity of the public transport system in NSW easily accommodates this at no additional cost. The service remains the same, the cost structure remains the same. Maybe Phil can explain, and show where the $4million is in the scheme of things.

An analogy, we all walk on the footpath, if we allow asylum seekers to also walk on the footpath, does it add to the cost of the footpath, of course not, providing the capacity of the footpath is not being exceeded. The same applies to public transport.