Good move Mr Morrison,
This will further discourage the illegals from trying to use Indonesia as a stepping stone to Australia.

Now all we need is a cut in the number of refugees that we accept.

May I suggest you look to not accepting refugees from Afghanistan, where it is common for girls to be 'married' at 6 and young boys are taken for sexual pleasure. That ingrained culture puts our young at risk and is not acceptable in Aus.

Dear Ateday,

<<Regardless of who or what they are and how they get here the last thing arid, water deficient, environmentally fragile Australia needs is more people.
If we need/must/want to accept more refugees then reductions must be made to immigration and births, natural or unnatural.>>

So far I fully agree!

<<We MUST have a sustainable and stable population.>>

But I don't agree with the word 'MUST': we should WANT a sustainable and stable population - better still, a reducing population from current levels and if we don't have it, then our life will be bad, but it doesn't mean that we are morally permitted to forbid others the practice of increasing population by any method. All we may legitimately do is to stop all incentives to that practice: that in itself should be sufficient to solve the problem.

in reply to "Posted by Banjo"

Other than Original inhabitants all others are migrants and the most horrible are those who who invaded and massacred people who were living here for centuries.Ask Morrison how and when his roots started here.Those who are running away from to save life are not the perpetrators like Morrison and his like.

No point in not having a sustainable and stable population.
Whatever that level may be but certainly less than at present.

James O'Neill

We have already repeatedly established that your claims that Australia's policy on asylum-seekers breaches Australia's obligations of international law are:
1. legally baseless, and
2. knowing dishonesty on your part.

Either admit it, or prove what obligations are breached.

Isobel, James

Great news! No need to worry about it any more. I've got the solution.

Just let you, and everyone who agrees with you, print out, sign and distribute the following and the problem will be solved - if it's true that you stand for society.

DECLARATION OF TRUST

I, the undersigned, hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that I hold the whole of my property, both real and personal, ON TRUST to pay for all the costs of dealing with asylum-seekers to Australia with the compassion, and to the standards, I proclaim as good and morally necessary.

This includes all costs of:
• Ensuring their safety at sea and safely landing in Australian territory
• Health and identity checks
• Accommodation, food, health, mental health, sport, recreation, training during processing
• The costs of determination of refugee status, including all reviews administrative and judicial
• The costs of administration, including all premises, staff, salaries, tax, superannuation, workers compensation, holiday leave, flex leave, long service leave, maternity leave, study leave
• The costs of resettlement including income support, housing, and training
• Full indemnity for any crimes, including full costs of legal, court, admininstrative costs, and impact on victims.

I declare I am appalled by, and condemn the moral depravity of current policy on asylum-seekers.

On that basis, I make this solemn declaration as legally binding with the intention that any person in Australia should have and does hereby have a legal action against me in law and equity for judgment as to the whole of my property in repayment of any and all of the above costs, in satisfaction of the values of humanity I have publicly declared without so far having to, or ever intending to, put my money where my mouth is.

SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED

Isobel Blackthorn
James O’Neill, and
Everyone in the Labor party

Go ahead. Let's see you do it. You can post the signed deed by PDF into this thread. Make sure you include your proper name and address so we'll know where to serve the writ.