Somewhat outdated comments. The people smugglers are a little smarter than you give credit for. And big money involved.
Stop the boats, is a slogan with no bones. The only way the libs are going to pull off an election is to install Turnbull.
Rudd has Indonesia on his side, they can work together.
Abbott has no one on his side, and saying stupid remarks will get him nowhere.

Oh god, do wake up people.

All it needs is to sink the next few boats that do not leave our territorial waters when ordered to do so.

Not only would it stop the boats instantly, it would ultimately save lives. Much better a few bodies now, than the slow accumulation of thousands in the Rudd style.

Hasbeen,

"..... Much better a few bodies now...."

So diplomacy for you is just a word that starts with "d" and ends with "y"?

".... Much better a few bodies now...."

I wonder if you'd be saying that if the "bodies" were a little pinker and emanated from somewhere a little more to your approval?

poirot: I wonder if you'd be saying that if the "bodies" were a little pinker and emanated from somewhere a little more to your approval?

from a Simple Minded Bigot. It depends whether or not they were Muslim. But then again, I don't care,what they are doing is evil. It's wrong to put themselves & their children in harms way. Would you leave you child in a locked car in the Car Park while you went to the Pokies. You would be charged with endangerment of a minor. Suma Suma. Same, same.

How about a suggestion about what to do about this problem from you, poirot. Any ideas.

Jayb,

They are getting their children out of harm's way.

Would you leave your children in a place of danger when you had the opportunity to transport them to somewhere of safety?

This is a start as far as the barking "stop the boats" chorus and vote-buying strategy is concerned.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-18/indonesia-to-change-visa-requirements-for-iranians/4829434

The following may add another perspective
to this discussion:

http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/10/abbott-indonesia-and-the-cop-it-sweet-doctrine/?wpmp_switcher=mobile

Worth a read.