Good morning Banjo.
I admire your front.
We are I hope still mates.
But it takes what was once called Moral Fiber, [hope I spelt that right].
To stand beside Tony Abbott and call another a fraud.
Labor has been to hell- then back.
We have a long way to go.
But without Kevin it is too far.
He l know as Kevin 24/7 brings with him a true wish to get things done.
Like every politician he has an ego.
But even with a frantic media trying every trick in the book,including *the Australian* lie this morning, you are quite right old mate.
To fear Kevin.
Should we be having a beer in any pub, he would be out of place drinking with us, unless we let him pay.
However if it was coffee on a foot path I feel we both wuold be impressed when we left.
That may not fit your views but mate it fits many in comparison with the thought of Abbott leading us for 3 years

So much to be read without it being printed, stretching the faggot somewhat don't you think.
Twenty readers and twenty in between the line readers. Abbott has really got foot steps behind him. Hockey has been trying to get a policy out there but he can't get a word in. The coalition will keep the NG plan, but doing his best to get the boaters to still come so the place is overrun.
When you see the conditions of refugee camps overseas, i don't know what the big deal is, giving them permanent accommodation here. That is the risk they take.

Doog > Please correct me if I'm getting the wrong impression from reading your comments in several of the recent discussions.

Are you saying we shouldn't have any policy to stop a potential flood of refugees other than opening the door for all to come?

Once these people are on Australian soil they will be here for good, other than a small handful that might be deemed undesirable do to a criminal background. Do you want to Australia to completely ignore the negative social and economic effects the European countries have experienced as a result of their benevolent open door policies?

Maybe you can explain what your ideal policy would be.

How can you come up with that after what i have written. The vast majority wants the boats stopped and Rudd is doing his best to make that happen. Abbott for purely political reasons is Reading something that is not written and making sure the smugglers get the message to overrun Mannus isl; At the same time saying they will keep the solution if they get elected.
So much for 'STOP THE BOATS; Abbott wants PNG. That shows he was struggling for an answer.
It's all got to do with Turnbull listening to every word along with his 49% of voters.

Doog, what does your last comment mean? What do you want to happen?

Forget about bagging Abbott and just tell us what your perfect world would include (besides no Abbott in it).

Rudds PNG initiate will NOT succeed--it's not meant too. As Graham Richardson said it is only meant to hold together till after the election --to impress for a short time.

And mirroring the Malaysian (non)Solution shemozzle wherewith we started accepting "refugees" from Malaysia before we had surety we could send any of ours to Malaysia. Tony Burke is --as I predicted -- already talking about raising the intake level to 37,000!

But credit where it is due. Rudds PNG gambit has flushed out the pretenders

The pretenders, who waiting in Indonesia assured everyone that come hell or high water they would still risk the journey to Oz --they were after-all running for their lives! Yet, 24 hours after the PNG announcement were waiver telling the ABC they wouldn't be boarding a boat if it meant they'd end up with sanctuary in PNG--REALITY CHECK, pleeeeeeeeeease, all you bleeding hearts!

The pretenders, who assured everyone that they're in favor controlled immigration, border security. Their comments often sounding something like this: "Yep. I'm against open borders, too". And who go by deceptively innocuous names like Susie, Poirot & Lexi. Yet whenever ANYONE, does ANYTHING to stop the flow of illegals react like spoiled children who have just had their favorite toy taken away: bwaaabwaaaaaa