Dsmithy70 wrote on Dec 16^th, 2010 at 8:15am:





Liberals accused of trying to rewrite history
Broadcast: 21/11/2001

With a third election victory under its belt, the Liberal Party machine has offered an alternative analysis on why it was returned to power. Not surprisingly, after a divisive campaign, the people who ran it are playing down the role of asylum seekers and the 'Tampa' crisis.

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Compere: Tony Jones
Reporter: Sarah Clarke



SARAH CLARKE: It was a familiar message spelt out by the PM throughout the campaign.

JOHN HOWARD, PRIME MINISTER: We will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come.

SARAH CLARKE: A message repeated.

JOHN HOWARD (OCTOBER 29): What I am asserting is the right of this country to decide who comes here.

SARAH CLARKE: And if you missed that, there was a television advertisement.

JOHN HOWARD (ADVERTISMENT): We will decide who comes to this country.

SARAH CLARKE: But today, in an election post-mortem, Liberal Party mastermind Lynton Crosby, insisted the issue of border protection was not exploited as a campaign tool


In full ...

http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2001/s422692.htm

Political point scoring is very ordinary form Buzz.

aussiefree2ride wrote on Dec 16^th, 2010 at 8:30am:





I'd declare it a fair call


It's usually "blow them out of the water" or "leave them for shark bait" by the right

"Political point scoring is very ordinary form Buzz. "

Ah, the Hicks I know and love.

2.) REGIONAL APPROACH TO PROCESSING ASYLUM SEEKERS
On 6 July 2010, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that the Labor Government is pursuing a
regional approach to the processing of asylum seekers with the involvement of the United Nations
High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), as part of a sustainable regional protection framework.
This framework would build on work already underway through the Bali Process. Ms Gillard said
Labor would work towards an approach which “effectively eliminates the onshore processing of
unauthorised arrivals and ensures that anyone seeking asylum is subject to a consistent process of
assessment in the same place”.
If re-elected, Labor would introduce a regional processing centre to reduce the incentive for people
smugglers to send boats to Australia. The assessment processes would be consistent to ensure
that arriving by boat does not give an advantage in the likelihood that they would end up settling in
Australia or other countries of the region. Labor would require that the regional processing centre
be properly run, auspiced and structured, with the processing to take place in a country which has
ratified the Refugee Convention.
In announcing plans for a regional processing centre and for the development of a regional
protection framework, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the Government’s policy goal is to “wreck
the people smuggling trade” by removing the incentive for boats carrying asylum seekers to leave
their port of origin in the first place: to remove both the profitability of the trade and the danger of
the voyage. The Government’s policy seeks to stop the boats before they leave ports on the
journey toward Australia. Ms Gillard does not support the idea of turning asylum boats back to the
country from which they have come, saying that such an approach would put asylum seekers and
Australia’s defence and customs personnel at risk. She says that Labor does not accept the idea of
punishing women and children by locking them up behind razor wire or ignoring people who are
fleeing genocide, torture, and persecution. This, she says, is not inconsistent with “our commitment
to secure borders and fair, orderly migration”.



It doesn't appear to be working Julia

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As is the aim of the LEFT

But the LEFT do not agree with the RIGHT'S "Final Solution" of life imprisonment on Nauru*


(* Nauru was paid per "unit" per week by the Australian Government

Nauru is NOT a signatory to the UN convention - and found it in their best financial interest to hold them as long as possible, despite having UN declared refugee status)

No they'd rather have them processed on a different foreign country....

aussiefree2ride wrote on Dec 16^th, 2010 at 8:36am:


This smacks of "Children overboard". Already inhumanity is desperately seeking a sprinkle of justification.