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All be aware that one of keys to this whole issue is that the Australian Immigration Department picks those who will be resettled in Australia from United Nations Refugee Camps around the world with a points score very similar to the test applied to anyone wanting to immigrate to… Read More

Another feeble comprehension of not much of anything. Australian policy has forced asylum seekers to take perilous boat journeys to Australia instead of allowing access by air. Would that not be a reason for leaving women and children behind in the hope that the father/husband would… Read More

More willful ignorance and a completely false analogy demonstrating a feeble knowledge (if any at all) of the the 'United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees' (ever read it?) and the situations that people seeking asylum find themselves in. The apparent incapacity… Read More

Fact (its in the article): The majority of asylum seekers arriving by boat have been determined to be genuine refugees. The main reason they come by boat from places such as Indonesia is that airlines are fined heavily are threatened with losing their landing rights if they bring… Read More

Note: "The Lucky Country" was the ironic title of a book by Donald Horne which had the premise that Australia's standard of living was only through luck not because of any competence by its leaders and people.

Witless ignorance demonstrating a feeble comprehension of not much of anything, leading to being an easy mark to be manipulated by cynical politicians. What don't you get about the fact that the majority of asylum seekers arriving by boat have been found to be genuine refugees?… Read More

Clearly an inflated belief in what is so. Have a look at the recent opinion polls that put the Coalition parties below 50% in two-party preferred. That below 50% might mean "the vast majority are clearly happy with the current administration" is however revealing of how and by whom… Read More

Abbott is a member of one of seven autonomous Liberal Party Divisions (the New South Wales one) each of which has its own constitution. He is Parliamentary leader of a coalition of representatives from those parties, which in turn are in coalition with representatives from state,… Read More

Consumerist garbage for the witless. Anyone needing this stuff shouldn't be let out on their own. "Word Lens" in particular is potentially dangerous as it translates word for word - leading to significant mistranslation.