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Turning back the boats

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Is it possible that someone could tell Albinesy and Hanson young that we the people are NOT interested in knowing about the boats being turned back.Dont use us the public in your petty politics.We are more interested in trying to bring up out kids in difficult circumstances so STOP saying the public want to know I DONT
Posted by The Truth, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 4:40:44 PM
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you would think those who sprouted the dogma that it was impossible to turn back the boats would shut up. Instead they change their arguement.
Posted by runner, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 5:42:39 PM
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Dear TT,

So you don't care about the ones who come by boat?
What about the over 1 million who come by plane?

If you don't care about them either then I guess
you didn't vote for the Coalition. Because they
based their election on being able to solve the
asylum seeker "problem," which they turned into a
huge pre-election campaign.
Posted by Foxy, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 5:56:27 PM
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Foxy,
Yes the current government did say before the election that they would stop the boats and thus far they have made remarkable reductions in the numbers. Mostly without any draconian measures, but simply giving the message that the illegal entrants would not achieve what they sought. We can confidently look forward to more and more reductions, until they are stopped from attempting as they realize they will not get accepted.

Both Labor leaders over the previous 6 years promised to stop the boats but they kept encouraging more to try and the deaths of many was the result. Then, of course, was the enormous cost of their failures.

But please do tell, from where do you get the figure of 1 million illegal entrants that arrived by air. You see the boat arrivals are illegal entrants because they have no visas, but the few air arrivals that do not have valid visas are promptly returned to the place of embarkation. Me thinks you are engaging in a bit of 'spin'.
Posted by Banjo, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 8:50:34 PM
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TheTruth, YOU may not want to know about the boats being turned back by this Government, as promised, but don't presume to speak for the rest of us.

After many months (years?) of ranting and raving by the then opposition of how they were going to "Stop The Boats" when elected, many of us who voted for them DO want to see the evidence that all the expensive military personnel and ships used in this endeavor are worth it!

Of course there aren't many boats coming from Indonesia at present during the monsoon season.
I will want to see proof their methods are working, and lives are being saved from drowning, during the calmer weather months in our north.

If all is well with this military operation, why all the cloak and dagger rubbish we are being given?
Posted by Suseonline, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 8:59:33 PM
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Foxy, whether they come by boat or plane, and considering you seem somewhat supportive of their arrival, how do you propose we address the following issues moving forward.

Firstly there's our looming jobs crisis.

With Holden and Ford shutting up shop, Qantas on the ropes, not to mention the thousands, if not hundreds of thousands employed by support industries, one has to wonder how anyone can even consider finding jons for new non Austraila arrivals.

Then there's education, with our current system in a total mess and under funded, not to mention slipping away, how do you propose we find the resources to educate the kids from the new arrivals.

Then there's health, again a total mess, yet you seem willing to place yet more strain on our failing health system, a system that sees people die before they get treatment.

Finally, given the amout of waste that occurred under the previous government, it is quite obvious that we have no money to service the needs of our own people, let along illegals.

So tell us Foxy, how do you propose we tackle these very important issues, because just because you have a good heart means little if you can't support those who you seem willing to welcome.

Or, do you feel we should welcome these illegal arrivals, which obviously means we need to cut spending on our own needs.

So where do you propose we make the cuts, because education and health are on their knees and higher unemployment is a given.

As I have said before, either we stop them now, or we wait till they come armed.
Posted by rehctub, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 9:07:02 PM
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