I read this morning that so far for April we have received 41 illegal entry vessels with 3023 illegals on board.

I would certainly clasify that as an invasion and the government is doing absolutely nothing to stop it.

It could help their budget if they made a realistic effort to prevent the boats from arriving. Not even to mention the inevetable loss of life if the rate keeps up. So far this government is responsible for about 1200 lives lost.

Obviously the government has neither the will or the capability to do anything.

The enormous budget black hole and the prospect of us all having to pay more in new taxes and charges should surely further strengthen the push to stop the boats.

The budget is not just about income, it is about the expenditures as well. This asylum seeker mess has amounted to a huge expense, and one that is set to increase rapidly.

The budget mess should absolutely translate into a maximised effort to reduce expenses, first and foremost by STOPPING onshore asylum seeking… and greatly reducing immigration.

Banjo, I would suggest that the first lot of 'illegal immigrants' to arrive on our shores hundreds of years ago would have constituted a large invasion, wouldn't you?

I doubt you are concerned that much about the lives lost at sea, but more so the 'invaders' .
They aren't illegal until processed and sent back home. If they successfully stay here, then they were true asylum seekers, so they did what was right for themselves.

>>I would certainly clasify that as an invasion and the government is doing absolutely nothing to stop it.<<

From wikipedia:

>>An invasion is a military offensive in which large parts of the armed forces of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of either conquering, liberating or re-establishing control or authority over a territory, forcing the partition of a country, altering the established government or gaining concessions from said government, or a combination thereof.<<

If we are in the midst of an invasion then it's a bit of a damp squib. 3000 unarmed civilian peasants? Some military offensive. I think even the French could manage to repel an invasion like that.

Cheers,

Tony

Suse if you think it is not illegal to enter Oz waters without permission, just check out what happens to a pom, yank or some other nationality, who sails a boat into Oz, with out all the necessary paper work.

Hasbeen,
Try to sail a boat out of Australia & then back in again & you'll know what illegal arrival means. I know that you know but the silly academic do-gooders haven't a clue. We really need a national service asap. to make these morons understand.