Government to spend $4m for telemovie to deter asylum seekers from coming to Australia
Sydney production house Put It Out There Pictures has been given a contract by the Department of Immigration to create a telemovie to deter asylum seekers from coming to Australia by boat.
Lateline reported the government would spend $4m on the production and associated marketing, which will broadcast in countries like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
“The telemovie will realistically portray the journeys of people looking to travel illegally by boat to Australia,” an Immigration Department spokesman told Mumbrella. “It will highlight their personal situations and the challenges they face.
“One of the main aims of the telemovie is to present Australian Government messaging in a different way to reinforce messaging delivered by other communication channels.”
Surely 4 million would be better spent on educating the Australian public not to be so paranoid and racist?
Why not just screen any Shaun McCallif?
Now that would be a deterrent.
“The telemovie will realistically portray the journeys of people looking to travel illegally by boat to Australia”
I hope they ‘realistically portray’ the third-world offshore detention environment and treatment at the hands of guards and locals.
@Tom Donald it would take more than $4m to do that.
Well said Tom Donald!
Great value for money to deter the expensive costs of refugee immigration. A longitudinal survey commissioned by the Department of Immigration (released in April 2011), of refugee source nations outcomes, after 5 years in Australia , 83% were still on Centerlink payments. As a typical example of source nations, 91% of Afghan refugees were still unemployed after 5 years. Overall only 34% were in employment after 5 years. $4m is a good investment.
But I thought Tony had already stopped the boats …
@Tom – it has nothing to do with us being racist and everything to do with them relocating elsewhere.
No Tom – I’m afraid you’re the racist calling Australians racist. That $4M will save $4Bn that we don’t have to spend on frauds and pan-handlers who are economic opportunists, not refugees.
I agree Mike – in a way.
But that $4b spent on frauds and pan-handlers are business lobby groups fucking up our economy and country.
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