TJ: Good Evening and welcome to Q&A, I'm your host Tony Jones; on the panel tonight, Uni Student, Ashleigh Dearling; recent refugee, Angelica Petro; Liberal Politician, Pauline Handson and Retired Army Vet, Emiliyah Hill. Please give an especially warm welcome to our panel. Now, Queensland Theatre Company’s revival of Patricia Cornelius’s play Boy Overboard has hit the headlines the week with it’s theme of Refugee’s coming into Australia. Our first question comes from Margot Louise and reads “ In the play Boy Overboard the issue of letting refugees into Australia was put into the spotlight. During the play the refugees that were living in Afghanistan were poorly treated and controlled. When they tried hard to get into Australia they got stranded
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There are many aspects to be considered such as jobs. Australia is paying millions in welfare to refugees, but Australia already has a high unemployment rate. So then, the question is do we help the refugees or Australia citizens? I have seen firsthand the living conditions and treacherous journey that these refugees must endure to get to Australia before being rejected and sent to live in, conditions that are no better than what they lived in previously. In the play, human rights are breached, religious control is prominent, and bombs are causal. Australia has the property to sustain refugees, there is a whole of nothing towards the heart of Australia it would be expensive but would be generally good for …show more content…
There are more than 20,000 refugees in Australia, and have they coursed any problems? No, just have a look at how many refugees there are in the world, 65 million. And we have only taken in 17,555 in the past 2 years.
AN: Refugees don't just cause terrorist attacks. In Rockhampton, their high school accommodates some refugees as students. They have abused and made death threats to teachers, to protect our people, they have hired a full time police officer.
EH: You’ve all made valid points, however, they are all just opinions. Most of you have never actually been in the situation or dealt with the side effects of refugees. It's a hell of a lot easier to talk about it than experience it. Angelica I get that you're a refugee. But just because your seat did recline or you got some little turbulence doesn’t compare to sea sickness and the dangerous oceans. I’m not saying that you didn't have it hard.
CW: That's exactly what your saying
EH: No, it's not, so you're telling me, scratch that, you're telling the world that you weren't the slightest bit relieved that you didn't have to take a
There are many aspects to be considered such as jobs. Australia is paying millions in welfare to refugees, but Australia already has a high unemployment rate. So then, the question is do we help the refugees or Australia citizens? I have seen firsthand the living conditions and treacherous journey that these refugees must endure to get to Australia before being rejected and sent to live in, conditions that are no better than what they lived in previously. In the play, human rights are breached, religious control is prominent, and bombs are causal. Australia has the property to sustain refugees, there is a whole of nothing towards the heart of Australia it would be expensive but would be generally good for …show more content…
There are more than 20,000 refugees in Australia, and have they coursed any problems? No, just have a look at how many refugees there are in the world, 65 million. And we have only taken in 17,555 in the past 2 years.
AN: Refugees don't just cause terrorist attacks. In Rockhampton, their high school accommodates some refugees as students. They have abused and made death threats to teachers, to protect our people, they have hired a full time police officer.
EH: You’ve all made valid points, however, they are all just opinions. Most of you have never actually been in the situation or dealt with the side effects of refugees. It's a hell of a lot easier to talk about it than experience it. Angelica I get that you're a refugee. But just because your seat did recline or you got some little turbulence doesn’t compare to sea sickness and the dangerous oceans. I’m not saying that you didn't have it hard.
CW: That's exactly what your saying
EH: No, it's not, so you're telling me, scratch that, you're telling the world that you weren't the slightest bit relieved that you didn't have to take a