Personally I wouldn't believe a word that came from a leftist university like Monash.
Why would they keep these figure if not to stir the pot.

I wish some of you posters would just admit that behind all the faux outrage it's little more than simply hating the "ragheads".

No matter how it's dressed up - immigration, integration, intolerance - it's the same old arguments and half-truths that the shock-jocks like to vomit over the airwaves to keep listeners angry and buying stuff to fill the emptiness in their lives.

You really don't care if they drown or not, as long as they do it in the mediterranean and not in our back yard and it's the hypocritical evangelical self-righteous zealots that are worst of all.

All that's changed is that it's officially being made to look like a sinister invasion war fleet is on the horizon and only the government can save us.

It's a "big secret" but weeks ago Morrison was happily broadcasting refugee numbers on the back of a truck.

Treat the cause, not the symptom.

At least Serco is making some money out of it and probably laughing all the way to the bank.

Well spotted chrisgaff1000,

Ozdoc's little site is another illegal immigration propaganda group.
Check out their topics of interest--everyone of them pet advocacy issues.

on a related front. I noted that the Kenyans are talking about Somalis of US origin taking part the latest Al-Shabaab massacre.

It would not be the first time. We have already had instances of Somali "refugees" -after having secured there meal tickets in OZ -suddenly discovering their fundamentalist roots , and taking furlo to return to fight with Al-Shabaab.

Hey Ozdoc, does your database have any stats on that sought of thing?:
Betya they don't --that's not the sort of thing they (or you)would want to talk about!

Dear spindoc,

Upon reading your diatribe I thought of an immediate short, abusive, disconnected from reality, reactionary, socialist and proselytizing response.

Then I thought, nah, you can choose a response from http://www.soundsnap.com/tags/raspberry

Geez, you've written some drivel today. Perhaps it's jet lag or you left you brain in lost luggage? What a tosser.

ozdoc,

Thanks for your post.

Unfortunately there's not much here except abuse and bigoted responses.
(The highlight of their intellect appears to be a penchant to altering poster's monikers - schoolkid style)

spindoc,

"There are so many, who gave you the voice of the freedom of speech that you so despise? Who gave you the accesses to the information that that you distort as knowledge? Who gave you the freedom to express your opinion and now abuse as your right to be right?..."

How monumentally ironic!

Morrison now seeks to suppress information and construct an edifice of censorship - and you wax lyrical about freedom of speech, opinion and knowledge.

What a joke.

rache,

Good post.

Luciferase <"...(gawd, let go of your tool occassionally, SM)...
ROFL :)
This thread has given me several good laughs.

Individual asked me what I would do to stop the boats.
Like everyone else, I don't have all the answers.

I do like temporary protection visas, but I don't like 'turning back the boats", as I believe the boats will be in no condition to be towed back.
How will towing leaky boats back to Indonesian waters and then leaving them to sink there, save any lives?
We need to stop them leaving Indonesia in leaky boats in the first place... perhaps arranging for them to be checked for refugee status in Indonesia by Australian officials.

I agree with Rache that most posters on this thread are simply worried about a perceived 'invasion' by non-European immigrants, and couldn't give a stuff about the '1600' or '2000' or whatever other hysterical made-up figure of deaths at sea they can come up with.

The fact is we will never really know how many have drowned because we probably don't know the true figures of how many boats actually did set out for Australia.

With the Monsoon season nearly upon us, there will naturally be far less boats from October on, so we shouldn't get too excited.