Philip S
The only idiotic thing here is your insinuation. In 2004 the stream of boat people was low so Australia could easily offer assistance at sea. It was your God who turned who turned a trickle of boats into a raging torrent. Get you biased facts straightened.

The trickle was always going to change as world conditions changed, and still is. Just like Abbott some live for the past, he worships Howard the man that gave you work-choices. The system that gave you take it or leave it arrangements. The choices were two fold.
An opposition that has yet to contribute to society in a positive way has virtually gone underground.
All the talk is about Rudd our savior.

doog,

"The trickle was always going to change as world conditions changed..."

I agree.

However, I can't discern any difference between the grotesque refugee policies of the two parties.

Rudd has plumbed the depths in a race to the bottom with his.

Both sides are whipping up hysteria for their electoral prospects.

You might respect one side over the other on this issue.

I find them barely distinguishable.

I find them barely distinguishable.
Poirot,
You're not very good at distinguishing then are you ?

@ Poirot

<<in a race to the bottom>>
The only *race to the bottom* is between the Greens and a assortment of freelance open-boarder types who will stop at nothing to sell-out their country's interests and vilify their countrys' citizens.

<< what about those flyins?>>

This hoary old chestnut has been debunked and burried so many times that one has to seriously consider two unpleasant possibilities about those who still try and resuscitate it, either

1)They have absolutely no power of retention-- that is, despite having seen the << what about the flyins>> argment debunked about 10,000 times they cannot remember it ,or

2)They are not really human, but some sort of interent bot programmed to spread misinformation with no ability to comprehend what they are doing.

Pretty sad either way...

individual - To repost your comment Quote.

"The only idiotic thing here is your insinuation. In 2004 the stream of boat people was low so Australia could easily offer assistance at sea. It was your God who turned who turned a trickle of boats into a raging torrent. Get you biased facts straightened."

Here are some facts for you
year 2002 - 1 Boat - 1 person on boat
year 2003 - 1 boat - 53 people
year 2004 - 1 boat - 15 people

Bearing those FACTS in mind please explain this part of your statement "The only idiotic thing here is your insinuation. In 2004 the stream of boat people was low"

This part please translate into English "It was your God who turned who turned a trickle of boats into a raging torrent."

Quote "Get you biased facts straightened." Please enlighten everyone as to what facts are false and how it is biased.

You have really sunk to a new low point with your post here.

As stated above please enlighten people as to what you believe to be the truth, regrettably for you my facts are verifiable.