Most of the people who are coming to Australia by boat have passed through several countries on the way, and if they simply wanted asylum they could have claimed that in any of the countries through which they'd passed.
Tony AbbottAustralia will take more refugees from Syria in response to the growing international crisis but it will not increase the total number of asylum seekers it accepts.
Tony AbbottWe've got to get the system right. That's why we've got this root-and-branch reform under way.
Tony AbbottMy commitment to the forgotten families of Australia is to ease your cost of living pressure
Tony Abbott