ethelsidebottom wrote on Aug 23^rd, 2010 at 9:25pm:


No, the foreign criminal gangs are too stupid to take a hint.
When Tony's policies put the crew in the clink for a mandatory 10 year sentence is when we will see the boat arrivals halt.
Just like it did once before, remember.

When did the boats stop before? Number of “boat people” varies with wars/famines/floods etc

Darwin wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 11:36am:


Howards three boats in a year is still the record for Labor to beat.

And the number of 'boat people' also vary as we found out when Labor removes a working policy to install a failed one.

Three boats a year is better than the three boats a week under Labor which we had not long ago.

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That would be true of both leaders right about now.

chicken_lipsforme wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 11:54am:

Wow, you too fell for the pea and thimble trick of Howard’s Pacific nonSolution? Do you know the number of refugees reaching Australia during those years never declined because of the PS? Just kept varying with world calamities.

Any Lib here, there is a bridge in Sydney, been in my family for years, up for sale cheap.

And why worry about the boats anyhow? because the Australian population are sheep and Howard knew how to play the xenophobia in the mob of sheep that is the electorate.

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Aug 24^th, 2010 at 12:11pm:



You fly in on a visa and have a passport - we know who you are.
You come on a boat without papers - we don't.

Spot the difference, if you can (careful, it's tricky).

They can’t? So how come 90-95% make it to Australia while nearly all asylum seekers who arrive by plane are sent back?

I repeat, what is so bad about a few boatloads of refugees arriving here to seek asylum?

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Reply #18 - Today at 11:49am     culldav wrote on Today at 11:34am:
It would seem the only politician concerned about the boat people and the Australian people is Rob Oakeshott, and his proposal to have a processing centre in Australia is a good one. $350 million stays in Australia and Australian jobs are created, instead of all that money and jobs going to another country.



Well, we've done that one too remember.
Which is why it was stopped in the first place.
Endless court appeals initiated by the taxpayer funded lawyers, on behalf of the disaffected asylum seeker unhappy with the judges decision coupled with the sewing of lips together might make great media fodder, but it proves nothing and saves no money at all. 
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Surely Australia could construct a system whereby we don't go down that road again.  Create legislation that stops the endless court appeals. Surely Australians have the intellect to create a fair system on its own land.

How can a country like Australia be seen as an internation player, when we don't have the mental intellect to handle our own problems, and have to pass simplistic problems off to other countries to handle.