Labor is granting permanent residence to 1000s of illegal immigrants judged not to be refugees and giving them the ability to bring in hordes of relatives.

This is about a big an incentive to people traffickers as is possible.

The last time labor started the boats 1200 people died, let's see what happens this time.

Well this time there will be something humane and cost effective
for Australia -
being done for at least 19,000 people - who won't die.

Labor is fulfilling a pledge it made at the last election to end
the use of "temporary protection visas." It is allowing thousands
of refugees who have been left in "limbo" for decades and costing
Australia a fortune to be allowed to apply for permanent
residency.

About time. Now these people will be able to contribute to the
economy and the country in general instead of being maintained
and cruelly treated with no hope in sight of it ending.
The security companies have made a fortune out of this. Money
that could have been better spent.

What a joke, SM.

Let's recall Morrison's actions when Medevac passed the House. There he was bellowing that the "people smugglers" would begin again (all because we were offering decent health and medical care to our captives!)

He spent $185 million re-opening the Christmas Island detention centre - he sent 140 contractors and 14 medical staff to Christmas Island, despite there being no-one detained on the island.

The dimwit closed it again after one month, and then had the gall to tell us that closing it would save $1.2 billion.

You know as well as anyone, that the Coalition toot the "more boats" horn every time refugees are treated with a modicum of decency

They did say that they would do this prior to the election. They say now that it applies only to people who have been here prior to 2013.

They say.

The Socialists have proved that they cannot be trusted with border protection in the past, and there is no reason why they should be trusted now. Anything can happen with this mob, and it probably will.

ttbn,
The Socialists have not been in power in Australia in my lifetime, so I'd say they're irrelevant.

Of more concern is why we're continuing a cruel and expensive refugee policy when there's such a shortage of agricultural workers. The best way to stop people coming here illegally is to give them a legal alternative.

If people decide to sail the high seas in unseaworthy boats and drown as a result, then that is entirely their own problem.

But if I catch and confiscate their boats and then incarcerate them for years on an island in terrible conditions, then I am guilty of piracy and torture, for which I will stand trial before the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and face the fires of hell when I die, and that IS my problem.

Even an animal that somehow finds its way into Australia (assuming it is not dangerous or carries a contagious disease) gets treated better and is allowed to stay, but these people were treated worse than animals!

I really don't know what could constitute a sufficient compensation for all their lost years.