Oh dear there are some silly comments on here.
First those arriving on the boats ARE illegal.
They arrive at a non entry port, without papers.
They refuse to identify themselves.
They are NOT fleeing persecution, they have been in Indonesia for months.
They have usually been through more than two safe countries.

All Moslems will support Islam. To fail this duty is death.
Why do you think there is a deathly silence from them when a terrorist crime is committed ?
The nuttier of them do not realise that they do not have sufficient
numbers to be able to defy our courts, YET.

I do think we will need another political party to do something about
this problem. If anyone doubts that this is so should look at what
has been happening in France and the Netherlands.
Also as the Londoner said;

"I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK !"

Suse,
I think you'll find that the IRA were radical Communists, not radical Catholics and the Provos were more like gangsters than religious zealots.

Thank god we have got rid of those narcissistic fools Rudd & Gillard who had to have their horrible faces on every news bulletin. High praise to Abbott who does not appear to require this constant fawning by the Canberra press gallery.

It will be really interesting to see if those layabouts, so fed by the previous twits, can actually find something useful to do, without hourly sessions. The ABC should be able to handle a couple of hundred million cut to it's budget, now it will not need a cast of thousands in parliament house.

I look forward to regular considered accurate reports from our government, & expect to be able to see the promised results. This rather than the lashings of spin, everything promised, with nothing ever achieved, will be such a welcome change.

"I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK !" Bazz you sound like some kind of White Aboriginal.
"I do think we will need another political party." is there not enough right wing nutter parties for you to join already, you want to create another one.
"radical Communists" now there is a new slant on an old theme. Jay what do you base than on. Sinn Fein the political are of the IRA communists, I don't think so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in

JOM, you have no idea about Ireland because you have not lived there, as I have.
My husband was born there, and lived there for 25 years.
I didn't realise your racial hatred extended to the Irish, but then again I am not surprised.

Suseonline,
I was born St Pats hospital and bred in gutters of Dublin in Ushers Quay opposite the Joyce bridge. My Granda was a foreman at the Guinness Brewery and I was bathed in the Liffey when we had no water in the house.
My father and his brothers were all members of the IRA and proud of it.
Here in Australia I married into the chief fundraiser family of the IRA and today I have a daughter in Ireland who is a nun and a member of the IRA.
I have always believed that the only good Brit was a d@#@ one so if that makes me a racist then I"m proud to be an Irish Catholic one.
I would doubt very much if your husband would pick up a gun to defend you let alone his alleged birthplace so don't tell me I don't have any idea about what I am on about.