A Sin Against All

What does this Government we have elected as people of us say
When they turn people in need of helping from our borders away
The homeless, the Stateless and amongst all of these
The oppressed and the dispossessed and asylum seeking refugees
Australia is a Land of many kind and compassionate people yet i do not understand
Why the dispossessed and hungry are made unwelcome in this great Southern Land
If this is what rule by majority thinking is about it does seem to me
The majority are not very kind and compassionate would you not agree?
The past we cannot change it is out of our control
The Tampa incident now long gone was the day Australia lost it's soul
The fair go for all Australians used to feel so proud of took a beating that day
A beating from which it has not recovered and this does seem sad to say
The words of a very wise one i recall
That a sin against one is a sin against all.