Tony Abbott unmoved by Liberal calls for more Syria refugee help

By Adam Gartrell
Updated September 5 2015 - 6:08pm, first published 4:54pm
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, pictured at the UN General Assembly in New York last year, has been criticised in the US for his policies on asylum seekers. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, pictured at the UN General Assembly in New York last year, has been criticised in the US for his policies on asylum seekers. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, pictured at the UN General Assembly in New York last year, has been criticised in the US for his policies on asylum seekers. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, pictured at the UN General Assembly in New York last year, has been criticised in the US for his policies on asylum seekers. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, pictured at the UN General Assembly in New York last year, has been criticised in the US for his policies on asylum seekers. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, pictured at the UN General Assembly in New York last year, has been criticised in the US for his policies on asylum seekers. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, pictured at the UN General Assembly in New York last year, has been criticised in the US for his policies on asylum seekers. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, pictured at the UN General Assembly in New York last year, has been criticised in the US for his policies on asylum seekers. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Tony Abbott appears to have shut the door on a further increase in Australia's intake of Syrian refugees even as his cabinet moves closer to approving air strikes on the war-torn nation.