I guess we should be grateful that the ALP has at least opened up another line of business, but not “paid people trafficking”. I didn’t expect our government to create its own business model for this disgusting trade.

And I’m not grateful; I am deeply ashamed by the Australian government. I have to wonder what sort of Australians could possibly support this policy.

It is just another failure of the "government of failure"....

doubtless it will produce its own deaths...

like the insulation scheme

and now they are messing with health....

which is certain to produce more deaths

Howard and Co... those were the days when we had it so good

We cannot afford more failures from this bunch of amateurs, independent turncoats and (of course) the watermelons

We need a Liberal government back and soon

Dear Col
Hoping for a Liberal Government soon?
Howard was a deceitful little toad, and the Mad Monk is no better.
The Labor government at least are trying to get things done.....btw I am neither a Liberal nor Labor voter., politicians these days are an insult to the average persons intelligence, perhaps we plebs are more intelligent, if I said and did the stupid things that Abbot is saying I would expect to be booted out of the Party, and justifiably so.
NSB

Shadow Minister said

*Shadow Minister,Secondly, the number of boat arrivals in the last 3 months was greater than the last 6 years under the pacific solution, so even if it has reduced the number of boats, it is still far far worse than under the liberal government.

Finally, even if the boat slow to half of the numbers in June/July, the 800 places of the 4 year agreement will be filled in 6 months.

*This has all the hall marks of yet another labor stuff up.*

Shadow Minister,

Have to addmitt your right of course- too true. I am not in my own way against the deal done with Malaysian solution. We need to be on as good terms with them as possible. Although it didnt go too well in Melbourne with the diplomats the other day I hear.

There is an old wise saying SM: The man I ""see- is the man I be""

To suggest Tony Abbott may even pay redirected refugees to whimper.

I find myself in the unfamiliar territory of defending Mr Abbott.

I dont think any person politician or not should be subject to those types of allegations when they are not present and unable to defend themselves. Whatever he does he doesn't deserve that.

Noisy Scrub Bird

"Howard was a deceitful little toad, and the Mad Monk is no better."

I am not sure where you place on the "scale of deceit" Jughead Gizzards decision to impose a Carbon Tax when she is on the record as saying the opposite before the election which swept her to minority government power... with the aid of ratbag independents and watermelons

but I would suggest "deceitful little taod" is a fairly high honour, in relative terms.

"The Labor government at least are trying to get things done."

Yes, one can always rely on the socialist swill to waste money soing what does not need to be done and to regulate what does not need regulating....

It is the perennial problem with small minded, busy-body nosey beaks

" I am neither a Liberal nor Labor voter"

having difficulty scribing the X on the voting slip?

or maybe you are a Green - aka one of Lenins useful idiots....

whatever way you vote is an irrelevantce to me.

and even knowing what it might be will not influence the way I vote, ever.

"perhaps we plebs are more intelligent, if I said and did the stupid things that Abbot is saying I would expect to be booted out of the Party, and justifiably so."

It would be difficult for you, as a non-voting fence-sitter to be kicked out of any party, NSB, assuming you were accepted for membership in the first place (which one has to be when joining the Liberals, at least - trust me, I know

spindoc " I didn’t expect our government to create its own business model for this disgusting trade."

as far as "disgusting" goes, on past observations of the depths to which socialists will stoop, I would not be surprised if the sale of human organs was on Julia's list of new business ventures (to replace the manufacturing sector, which is being pushed off shore by carbon taxes)... and the refugees... maybe they are the early "lab rats" to secure a reliable donor supply.

I really can't believe Labor thought the Malaysian solution was a good idea at all- and makes me wonder if they really ARE oblivious to why people supported the Pacific Solution;
-It's not about 'looking tough'
-It's not about 'those bad people smugglers'
-It's not about 'worrying about leaky boats'
-It's not about 'boats' at all

It IS about discouraging people Australians see as a threat from getting into the Australian community.

And all Australians see is a proposal that INCREASES the amount of people we're getting, that costs us more money and doesn't seem to achieve a single thing- except have the labor party put on the most unconvincing show ever.

While we are entertaining this circus- Denmark, France, Holland and Switzerland managed to achieve what WE are trying to by simply making ACTUAL immigration policy, banning accessories needed by religious extremists, and advertising themselves, one way or another, as a fundamentalist's idea of a nightmare country.