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http://www.julianburnside.com.au/boat-people-deterrents/

no not in the slightest - there is plenty of well documented and well researched info available, here are a few links that outline the problems faced by the aboriginal community over here...

I still live in oz and don't deny it. Things are changing but it is a slow process. Sadly is was only a few years ago (07 maybe 08) that our government acknowledged things done and apologised. Sadly too many people do not accept the wrongdoing as party of Australian history and instead blame the...

This won't change until we take responsibility for it and stop blaming 'the Europeans' for everything.

Only the immigrants are intolerant apparently.

I can't see any reason that can justify treating people like this. Sad times.

Being an Immigrant myself i have met many other immigrants who in my experience have a wide range of views on this subject, as do those australian born here. I see no corrolation between being an immigrant and disliking asylum seekers. I have also not read of anyone else claiming such a...

Especially in Australia.

Me? no never met an immigrant in my life.

Not sure if you are joking or not but the answer to your question is more or less, yes http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/03/28/the-6-million-telemovie-designed-to-discourage-asylum-seekers-f/ http://www.vocativ.com/world/australia-world/australia-asylum-ad/

Nonsense.

Ahhh! its only conflict if they can fight back.

Conflict free? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_of_Indigenous_Australians

Australia struggles to take responsibility for its past because it is too easy to blame the mother country rather than take responsibility for itself.

Yep, worrying times.

I have met a good number of them and you certainly wouldn't write them off as such if you hear their stories. The situation is shameful in my opinion, I think in years to come we will look back on the way we treated these people with shame (although to be fair many of us already do).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocgNZRIEyyY http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-editorial/refugee-film-shows-why-asylum-seeker-policy-must-be-changed-20160506-gooa96.html haven't seen this yet but it is supposed to be very good.

It doesn't stop the boats it just sends them and the deaths elsewhere.

Shameful policy that boils down to making conditions worse than those which they are fleeing. Sadly this is the thing that draws by partisan support. Politics is mental.