SM,

Even more clarification here:

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rlb0ql

Finance, in reply to Margot Kingston

"Hi Margo,

No, the Department of Finance and Deregulation did not refer this matter to the Australian Federal Police.

The matter was separately referred to the Australian federal Police by a third party."

Nuff said.

Slippers legal fees are being paid out of the public purse. The "P-phile" networks are still alive and well.

So, yeah, I'm happy to call Pyne a liar.

The Labor tragics are still trotting out their mantra of "no policies". Today we learned of the deaths of three more illegal immigrants drowned trying to come to Australia.

Abbott has one policy that is very clear. The Liberals immigration policy is very clearly defined and has the enormous advantage of having being tried before. It was successful from 2001 to 2007 and was particularly successful in that Windsock Beazley went to the 2001 election without an immigration policy!

The only policy Rudd has to deter the illegal immigrants arriving by boat is to drown little children and babies, but it is not working.

You Labor tragics have the blood of at one thousand illegals on your hands, and probably as many as three times that many whose deaths have gone unreported. So don't lecture me on policies! This Labor gov't is even worse that Whitlams.

Geoffrey Kelley

Hiya, Geoffrey,

Abbott hasn't so much a policy as a slogan.

He hasn't told us how he plans to "turn back the boats" without the cooperation of Indonesia....that is, except to say that "Howard did it".

I'd like more than a wish, a prayer and a pamphlet on that score, as it turns out.

Poirot, there is an old Australian saying: Never make the mistake of believing your own b*llsh*t! Downer told us on 2GB, chatting with Ben Fordham ,that you don't need Indonesia's permission. You just do it! Your mob keep saying that we need Indonesia's permission. For what? The vessels that the illegals use in are Indonesian flagged. They have Indonesian crews, and departed from Indonesian ports. We have a duty to prevent these foreign flagged Suspected Illegal Entry Vessels (SIEV for short) from entering Australian waters. Howard did it and Abbott can use the same tactics. It is not hard :-)