...Well, like Labor, if you live in a lemon grove, it becomes essential to advertise lemons!

“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves.”

In 2001 53 boats brought 5516 people.

The Pacific solution was implemented and in 2002 1 boat brought in 1 person.

The Labor Governments have changed the policy.

In 2011 69 boats brought in 4,572 people.

In the first six months of 2012 64 boats have brought in 4,587 people.

When the Rudd Government was elected there were 4 people in mandatory detention.

Currently the number exceeds 6,500 despite nearly 100% immigration approval.

The Labor policy has been a complete failure and Gillard's stubborness in refusing to revert the policy to what worked is why she and all those like her have blood on their hands.

This is a wonderful example of why the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Boaters that have spent their last dollar on a tour, only to find they are sent back to Malaysia, in exchange for some refugees that have been processed, would soon wake up that the tour would be a waste of money.
MR Rabbitt knows this as well, but doesn't want that to happen.

As I see it we have just two choices?
If we are to see less human beings drowning at sea, we have no other choice but to choose one or the other?
I can't really judge people who want to live in the land of the free or milk and honey? I wouldn't want to live anywhere else either!
So, the two choices are, the Malaysian solution. And God willing, the international spotlight that comes with it, will ameliorate against any remnant human rights abuses?
Or, we could simply run a very safe, fare free, bi monthly, fast ferry service from an agreed Indonesian port, exclusively for documented claimant refugees?
It would probably cost us less than the existing patrol and or rescue missions that currently put Australian lives at risk also!
Either solution is acceptable, albeit, the latter has to be accompanied by far more professional identity checks and conformation, that must be assisted by non invasive space age lie detection!
Never ever again can we allow our egos to assist (a) criminal people smuggler(s), preying on human misery, to migrate here, posing as (a) bona fide asylum seeker(s)!
Clearly, criminal psychopaths can easily deceive our best interrogators or interrogation methods?
But even the most accomplished bare-faced liar, cannot deceive space age thermal imaging, or commuter assisted facial recognition, that picks up the micro facial movements, that tell us that we are listening to a lie. Liars must either come clean when challenged, or face being repatriated forthwith, no ifs buts or maybes!
If intending asylum seekers pass our health and intergrity tests, I see no valid reason, why they can't live, work and play amongst us. Albeit, wearing a compulsory ankle bracelet and required to reside in the community or rural property that welcomes/wants them?
At least that way, we would no longer be creating even more postcode poverty traps/ghettos!
Moreover, they would be able to work and or, pay their way, while their claim(s) was/were being processed?
There are plenty of jobs, and some seasonal harvest related work, going begging in the bush! Rhrosty.

Anyone who thinks the 'Malaysian Solution' is a solution to anything has rocks in their heads. It's another Gillard 'moment', a silly scheme that profits no one.

Australia has to grow up, become mature for a change, accept responsibility, discover compassion, contribute to world peace and cooperation instead of dancing to America's imperial tune.

Getting rid of Gillard ASAP is the first step towards our deliverance!

The only reason, I believe, we still see asylum seekers drowning and or, boats overfilled with irregular arrivals, is because and for patent partisan politics, Tony Abbott said, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! To changing the law, to allow offshore processing to resume!
Self evidently, he seems to believe more boat arrivals suit his self serving political purpose and, is patently terrified that the, never ever tried or given a chance, howled down Malaysian solution, will be far more successful than the, [as determined by the highest court in the land,] illegal pacific solution.
Even were the Labour party to cave in to his seemingly inhumane and patently unchristian intransigence, he would still have to agree, to a legislative solution to legalise his preference.
One notes, that the multi billion dollar pacific solution, didn't stop the flow of genuine refugees to this country, just paused/parked and or rerouted it!
Rhrosty.