ABC Online | Pet rules requiring asylum seekers to ask permission for cats and dogs criticised as 'authoritarian over-reach' ABC Online Forcing asylum seekers to get the Government's permission to buy a pet is patronising, authoritarian-style overreach, Labor and the Greens say. Key points: The policy change specifies taxpayer money cannot be spent on pets or their "vaccination ... Cat and dog crackdown: Asylum seekers now need the government's permission to buy a pet New data show 69% of illegal border-crossers are being granted asylum |