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(10/10) Effectively he served 11 years because he asked for asylum in Australia. You do less time for murder.

(5/10) So why wouldn't Australia just accept NZ's longstanding offer to take those refugees left offshore? It would save Australia a much needed $1 billion, and as a gesture of goodwill why not just pay for the travel & quarantining of those being relocated (saved)?

(4/10) But wait, there's more. Last night we learnt over $1 billion is budgeted for offshore detention in the next 2 years. Offshore doesn't include Christmas Island by the way. Offshore means Manus and Nauru.

(3/10) Last night's #Budget2020 includes a spend of another $55m on Christmas Island. Over $180m has already been spent on that centre in the last year, but the largesse has not incl giving the #hometobilo kids their own beds. A family of 4 have had to share a bed for 13 months.

(1/10) Any entry level democracy in recession would dial down their expensive addiction to pricey island detention centres. But not Australia. (thread) #auspol

$61m for school chaplains $16m for Indigenous health Why are we all not (peacefully) rioting on the streets of Canberra?

.@ScottMorrisonMP is all announcement & no delivery. He’s promising to increase partner visas by 30,000 in tonight’s #budget. 100,000 Australians & 100,000 of their partners are waiting 27 months to get a visa. The budget does not clear this backlog. #LoveIsNotTourism

#Budget2020 devoid of compassion 4 refugees&people seeking asylum: - Huge cuts to refugee&humanitarian intake decrease safe passage - Increased spending on offshore detention blowing out any savings made by above -Support for people seeking asylum slashed when most needed

Shattering news in #Budget2020: the Australian Govt is permanently cutting its #Refugee and Humanitarian Program by 5000 places p.a. The saving of $958m over 4 years will be more than wiped out by a $1.2 billion blowout in offshore processing costs this year and last year.

#Budget2020. A great opportunity to rebuild a fairer more resilient economy. And yet no plan for full employment, nothing for women, no increase to Newstart, no plan for childcare, uni sector still up sh*t creek, as is resi aged care & nothing to tackle the climate emergency!

It seems women have been left out of #Budget2020 even though they have been on the front lines fighting the pandemic & they have lost the most jobs.

Disgraceful. Religious chaplains have no place in public schools.https://twitter.com/gerard_cockburn/status/1313400611778359296 …

Unbelievable. Nothing. Absolutely nothing for social housing in #budget2020

We are bitterly disappointed to see nothing in #Budget2020 for people seeking asylum. This is again a massive policy failure by the Australian Government to leave the most vulnerable families with no safety net during a pandemic.

Temporary visa holders, incl #refugees and people seeking #asylum have been largely left behind during #Covid19aus - we are hoping that the Federal govt has included them in the #Budget2020 tonight to ensure ppl aren't left destitute and homeless #NobodyLeftBehindhttps://twitter.com/QandA/status/1313075368069218304 …