mellie wrote on Feb 18
th, 2011 at 2:20pm:
So, you mean to tell me that Gillard detaining more Kids in the few months she's been in power, than Howard did in his 12 years as PM is humane?
Perhaps she just loves kids

Oh, would this be why Amnesty slammed Julia Gillard for her refugee policies recently also, re- her inhumane treatment of children and adults?
Put it into perspective:
The number of refugees didn't rise or drop according to world statistics, it's just more moved from Indonesian detention centres over to Australian detention centres. That being the case, would you prefer the kids be held in an Indonesian detention centre, or an Australian one? Because if you support Howard's policies you are basically assuring:
1. Kids get held in Indonesian detention centres.
2. Any kid who comes here on a refugee status will not be granted citizenship. Eventually, say 10-15 years down the track once it may be deemed to be safe to go home again they will be required to leave as their temporary visa expires. So, they get to leave a life they made for themselves in a country they started calling home.
Continue trying to spin. This is hilarious!