The only thing this Abbott Government has got right is the border policy. Even the ALP acknowledges that and it would be political suicide for any government to change tack. 
THE MAN IN BLACK
Of course we should. Our border controls and treatment of asylum seekers are a human rights disgrace.
TIFFANY
Wow, I am stunned by how heartless Australians have become. I had always believed that the governments' appalling policies towards refugees did not really reflect the attitudes of the general public. Australia has always taken refugees and the vast majority assimilate and contribute. There is a humanitarian crisis and every country needs to do more. When did we become so nasty and selfish?
RANDALL My tax dollar, which could be educating my children or building net infrastructure or paying down a debt or repatriating wounded veterans would be spent towards the huge cost of assimilating (as best we could) these refugees. Do I get no say in how my hard-earned money is spent?
SUNDOWN I'll welcome people in need whatever country they're from. Have people forgotten in our national anthem it states: "we've boundless plains to share". What a joke - people support turning human beings away who just want a better life.
SOPHIE No. We don't have enough jobs for us, let alone the multitudes of refugees. And we shouldn't be giving them handouts when we have homeless people. We should be looking after our own before trying to look after the rest of the world.
DARRYL Unless you're an Aboriginal you're an immigrant. We all deserve freedom and a better life. Who are we to judge.
CHRISTINE For genuine refugees, yes we have room. For the vast majority that are nothing but country shoppers we have absolutely no room! But you come here, leave your baggage at the door and assimilate.RYAN