As of last night, the number of asylum-seekers to land this year stood at 3998. And as of Wednesday night, there were 1318 people detained on Christmas Island, including 26 crew, in facilities built for 1244. However, this latest figure does not include three of the most recent boat arrivals, which carried seven crew and 151 asylum-seekers in total.

If Juliar would just accept the coalition's compromise she would be able to send the asylum seekers to 148 countries incl Nauru. If she wants a truly regional solution that protects the rights of the refugees then it is available.

Presently all she has is the failed Malaysian and East Timor solutions, and an effective open border policy.

The Prime Minister said no to a carbon tax. We have a carbon tax. She said no to open borders. We have de facto open borders. She said no to gay marriage. Support for gay marriage is now Labor Party policy. She put off indefinitely any substance of an emissions trading scheme. The machinery for such a scheme has been legislated. She said little about giving trade unions sweeping new rights. The unions are now acting on sweeping new rights.

2011 has been a year of delivering what she promised not to, and indecision and non delivery about what she promised to deliver.

SM,
why sound so surprised ? That's what Labor wants, lump it or leave it.
Just pray there'll be some increase of sense before the next election.

Welcome to the end of Australia.

CACTUS

Classic stuff Gentlemen.
Yes we have a problem.
Yes mistakes have been made, by Labor.
Now we have this problem.
It will not go away.
Not without a thing called consensus.
Abbott holds the issue as a rat,tail tied so it can not be fixed, not go away.
And like my two opponents harks back to past mistakes, and informs us how ugly the rat is.
It is todays problem, to be fixed not used.
If Liberals Governed? If Labor refused to pass legislation that MIGHT stop them?
I see the public is growing increasingly weary of NO NO .
Shadow Minister, back to your negativity I see.
And, each day, more see the truth in the cry wolf stuff.

SM and ARJAY have something in common. They should be united. Labors border protection policy has collapsed, with the non compliance of the Coalition. Never mind it will all come out, when they are good and ready. The coalition has a problem with religion, that flies in the face of women, which is not democratic. All you hear is the same crap over and over. Surely Turnbull is amused.

Hang on a minute. The coalition said no to a carbon tax yet we got a carbon tax under the government she leads. How is the coalition totally responsible for stopping border policy? Could your lovie, dovie, green, scummy mates have anything to do with it? I'm no liberal fan, but this constant bashing Abbot over the liars party's incompetence is beyond a joke!

If they want open boarders, just come out and say so. But as always liars can't tell the truth!

We truly are living under an ineptocracy, sad but true.