david f - Quote "People smuggling is an offense of lesser magnitude than murder and rape and should therefore attract a lesser sentence."
Would you like to write that down and send it to the relatives of the approx 1,300 who have died on boats that were not seaworthy for the journey?

Belly,if you think aout it, the libs did offer a solution, that being step aside and LET US fix the problem YOU CAUSED as we have a sound track record when it comes to stopping the boats.

You labor people conveniently forget, or choose to ignore the most important fact in all this, that being that the problem DIDN'T EXIST until one Kevin Rudd came along with his bright idea.

Now you will have a lot of egg on your face if the libs win the election and manage to even reduce the number of boats, as it will leave even the most loyal labor lovers to wonder just what might have been.

Dear Philip S,

Those responsible for the deaths are guilty of that in itself. That is something more than people smuggling. the person who started this thread recommended life imprisonment for merely people smuggling.

funny how all the lefties are now cheering Rudd for adopting Howard solutions. Egg all ovedr their face. Suddenly their 'compassion ' has disappeared.

I'm not cheering Rudd for dog-whistling the electorate.

I am, however, interested in watching Abbott look like a rabbit in the spotlights now he's called upon to offer up some substance - on anything......

Jayb: We charge the Indo's $1M for every boat that arrives & $100000 for every Asylum Seeker that arrives in Australia & take it out of their Aid.

From one Simple Minder Bigot: I've had a think about that. We obviously couldn't Fine the Owner, Captain & Crew $1M in a Court of Law. We could charge them for the Cost of the Search & Rescue & keeping Ships at sea on Stand-by. We then could Bill the Indo's for that cost & take the Money out of the Aid we give them. It would be up to them to get the money out of the Owner/Captain/Crew & we burn the Boat. Schrimple. (!)

As for which Political Party is better at keeping the boats at bay. Neither Party has an answer that they will allow the other to have. So they are both failures. It's time to get tough with Indo & tell them to stop the people at THEIR borders on entry & send them back. They can because they are not a signatory to the UNCHR.