MichaelP

I've had one for a month and I like it for the convenience. It's not saving me any money, and it's stupid not being able to use it for journeys that combine train and bus ... but still allows you to avoid the ticket queue. You also get to travel for $2.50 on Sunday, I believe.

Photo was taken at the cafe strip at Bronte. Here's another from same day:

I was there today and very nice it was too.

In my 15 years living mostly in western Sydney have never met an asylum seeker, so I can't really comment on whether stopping them is a good idea or not. Some Australians feel very strongly that they should be stopped. Others believe equally strongly that they deserve to be treated humanely and in accordance with the treaties that Australia has signed. The anti-refugee schemes such as "Sovereign Borders" and "Pacific Solution" certainly cost billions of dollars. I personally would rather my tax dollars be spent on something a bit more worthwhile.

Abbott is just fulfilling his part of the deal with Murdoch. The Libs and National Party got 110% backing from Murdoch before the election, now Abbott is repaying the debt by attacking the Murdoch family's main business competitor. Do you think Abbott would be talking of abolishing the ABC Australia TV service if Murdoch had won the contract to run it back in 2011? Murdoch was quite upset about being excluded.