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Rudd's refugee solution: politically brilliant, morally bankrupt : Comments

By Mirko Bagaric, published 22/7/2013

It was the Greens' blind worship of the discriminatory and inhumane Refugee's Convention which has facilitated Rudd now sending all boat people to Papua New Guinea.

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I've lived in Port Moresby, Papua and New Guinea and in many ways, it is paradise. Once you are in the suburbs or out for a stroll you can't go 50 metres without finding some tropical fruit growing wild. And while there is a high level of crime from people in Moresby and Madang who lack direction and leadership there are also huge opportunities for those with ambition and enterprise. PNG needs an influx of people with diverse ideas.

We need to slow down ALL immigration to Australia to get a flat or negative population growth. We don't have the water. And while it is only our lawns dying now in Summer because of water restrictions the continued growth of our population will lead to further restrictions. This is a huge land mass and people can be forgiven for believing we have plenty of room but in reality it is just not true.

I don't think that what Rudd has done is morally bankrupt any more than when a card player alerts the room to someone cheating. I understand your point concerning the current convention but what is politically palatable to the Australian people will differ depending upon how aware they are of Europe's current immigration problems where the ethnic minorities are fast becoming majorities in many areas and refusing to accept the local language, the customs, the culture or the laws of the country they have immigrated to. We cannot allow immigration to continue to overwhelm our ability to assimilate them as Australians.

We must accept that what Rudd has done was necessary to stop those merely looking for a better deal. The deception being perpetrated is that PNG is some horrible place and it is true that if only a handful go there life would be challenging for them. However, if 20,000 per year were taken from the refugee camps and shipped to PNG they would find life very good in PNG.
Posted by Bob Smythe, Monday, 22 July 2013 12:03:52 PM
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So it's ok for the Greens and their supporters to argue that a 3% death rate is an acceptable trade off for for a purist policy which gives an open go for the people smugglers to ply their lethal trade

Not even Abbott and Morrison are that cynical
Posted by JohnnyRotten, Monday, 22 July 2013 12:08:56 PM
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There's only one solution: build a land bridge between Queensland and Papua and then people from anywhere can just walk here.

That might keep the bleeding hearts happy all though it probably wouldn't. They would demand a moving foot-way so that walking wouldn't be necessary and a plethora of luxury apartments be built on the tip of the Banana State to house the flood of weary seekers.

We could then insist the bleeding hearts open their homes to house the seekers who might well bring their horses and camels with them.

I suppose when Australia's population reaches ninety five million in a couple of years someone will say we have too many people.

Just shows how hard people are to please!
Posted by David G, Monday, 22 July 2013 12:57:30 PM
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Well written, clear articulation of the major issues associated with the policy. Perhaps the best article I have read in the past few days. It is good to read ones own thaughts so clearly expressed :)
Posted by Prompete, Monday, 22 July 2013 1:19:50 PM
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"That it's brilliant politics is a mark of how debased the politics of the boats has become..."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/22/captain-rudd-australia-depths-shame?CMP=twt_fd
Posted by Poirot, Monday, 22 July 2013 1:53:10 PM
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One problem: all the boat people won't be going to PNG. PNG Prime Minister O'Neill has had to 'clarify' the details of the agreement after Rudd, as usual, over claimed to the point of deception. What will actually happen is that PNG will resettle genuine refugees. Boat people who are not genuine refugees are "Australia's problem" said O'Neill. In addition, PNG will resettle refugees up to the limits of its capacity and at Australia's cost. Rudd has refused to detail the numerical limits of the PNG agreement and the cost to the Australian taxpayer.

If all this sounds familiar, remember the East Timor solution, also announced just prior to an election and never implemented. This 'solution' won't happen either, neither will the laughable 'reforms' to the ALP nor the ETS. Not even Kevin can fool 50.01% of the people all the time.
Posted by Senior Victorian, Monday, 22 July 2013 2:17:23 PM
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