Belly,
You said, "Remember too, many tend to forget, I too want an end to the boats a total and forever end.
IF we ever get a government with the guts to tell us the costs bought about by boat people.
Highlighting Welfare costs and length of time receiving it the country too will demand it end.
Danger of a government WANTING to hide its actions can not be ignored it is undemocratic Banjo!"

I too would like the government to reveal ALL the costs relating to the illegal entrants. Am sure it would garner even more support for action to stop the boats and highlight the folly of the previous Labor government.

However I don't agree that it is undemocratic for us not to get daily briefings. We do not expect daily updates of operational matters on other defence force matters nor do we expect the police to keep us up to date on case involvement. We are informed after the event.

The main thing I am interested in is hearing that the number of arrivals is decreasing.

You are only suggesting some deception by government and put forward no factual evidence.

...To those who are ignorant of illegal immigrants.

So if that's the case Suze, why is it that I, as an Australian citizen, need to show my passport to leave/enter Australia or any other country for that matter.

Would it please you if I refrained from calling them 'illegals' and called them, uninvited instead?

Indi, one word answers your question, CORRUPTION!

Belly, your beloved labor party failed to manage the boat people situation, despite there being no problem when they took over government back in 07.

You should be grateful that we now have a government that is pro active when it comes to stopping the boats and you must also remember, VERY IMPORTANTLY, that this problem DID NOT EXIST before your mate Ruddy came along.

The mess was caused by your mate, so leave it along and let Tony fix the problem.

Besides, chances are your labor party will govern again one day and they can go about removing our border protection barriers and wasting our billions once again, because let's face it, history does not lie.

But for the time being, just relax and channel your focus on re diving the labor party of their rotten eggs.

Belly, I have to support Banjo's comment to you about the lack of daily briefings.
It is unreasonable to complain about that and it is a refrain that has
been taken up with gusto by the Greens Hanson/Young.

I would not support her in a fit.
Even her predecessor was more wearable.

SPQR, pop your white hood on and read the facts , instead of spouting your increasingly ignorant remarks.
http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/BN/2012-2013/AsylumFacts

'What did they ever do to you? '

nothing Susie but only fools reward dishonesty and deceit. Why have you no compassion for the drowned kids or those waiting in refugee camps?

Is it labor's fault that Abbott declared the boats would be stopped in the first 100 days. That is what he went to the polls with. So all he achieved was an information drought. Pledges in blood mean nothing apparently, Stop the Boats. Abbott's three words is all he could manage,and nothing since.