Pliberseck on 7.30, page-85

Enoggera, having worked firsthand with asylum seekers, refugees and even immigrants who can't speak English on their first days in Australia; I don't labour under the fear you appear to have about them.

Although some of our pollies would have us believe they're illegal monsters trying to rip Australia's financial heart out, in reality most are vulnerable and damaged people just trying to survive and to give their kids a chance in life.

As for the combined load of asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants Australia can successfully integrate; I think a total of 200,000 each year is excessive. It's real purpose is to enable our pollies to fuel their ponzinomcis - propping up property and debt bubbles while forcing down wages and conditions for Aussie borns.

I've previously posted that my preference is for a 100,000 annual total annual that gives preference to refugees. My preference is that Australia bankrolls our fast-track processing of asylum seekers in our region and especially in Indonesia by 100% withdrawal permanently from the Middle East. That cooperation should be on the basis that those identified as refugees are settled in Australia or with regional partners such as New Zealand.