Paul,

Herman was a bit fatter at the same age.

Since we are discussing resembles --I just can't get over the feeling that I have seen this line-up before.

Note the non-human glare in Sarah Hanson-Young's eyes!
http://tasmaniantimes.com/images/articles/8380807464debb08fee3ac5ef95fc126.jpg

And is this Richard Di Natale channeling the mother ship?
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/POoL5NQShfs/0.jpg
Here's a clearer one of Richard Di Natale (he's the one at the back with the Dracula like focus on Bob's neck)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-13/greens-senators-and-mps-bob-brown-adam-bandt-sarah/3949408

And even this one, of their founding father:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hZeTR0I4rJw/T_3NOOLjGSI/AAAAAAAAAeg/hlu6KuLw8Kk/s1600/image815_bob+brown.jpg

I mean, how does one party garner so many otherworldly figures ...or has someone mixed the publicity photos and what we are really looking at here are the aliens from a Dr Who shoot?

Foxy,

We are all aware of your selective amnesia.

There are several undisputable facts which blows your selective recollection out of the water.

Firstly, the Malaysian solution had a major weakness in that it was limited to 800 people over the 4 years of its proposed existence. From the time that Juliar announced that all illegals would be sent to Malaysia, to the time that Juliar introduced the proposed changes to parliament this "quota" of 800 was almost full and the deterrent factor was dead.

Secondly, the reason that the MS was rejected by the courts is precisely because it abandoned the protection and safety measures that were in place under the Pacific solution. That Juliar had promised not to send illegals to non signatories of the UNHCR shortly before this was yet another labor lie.

Finally, the only reason the MS was proposed, was because it was politically inconvenient to re implement the tried and tested and far less harsh Pacific solution, which has yet again been shown to work.

The real answer was freely available to labor all the time, as it has clearly been shown. It could have stopped the boats in a couple of months if it swallowed its pride. Labor chose instead to kill another 1000 people

Australia, is not the only developed country with a refugee problem. America has been subjected to a mass influx of immigrants from Central America through Mexico. Since September 2013 at least 52,000 children alone have arrived in the United States, with 90% coming from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Obama has described the mass migration as a "humanitarian crisis".
The UN estimates there are some 43 million refugees world wide and growing. No matter how much petty internal political squabbling Australia engages in, and no political party is guiltless in this regard, including my own party The Greens. With what is, using Obama's words, a humanitarian crises. Australia cannot expect to be untouched either willingly or unwillingly, by this world wide problem

This is how Paul’s post should have read:

Australia, is not the only developed country with a [illegal immigration] problem. America has been subjected to a mass influx of [illegal] immigrants from Central America through Mexico. Since [well before] September 2013. At least 52,000 children alone have [been smuggler into] the United States, with 90% coming from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. [in the hope that pictures of their sad lost little faces will tug at the heart strings of gullible Americans and once they've accepted and settled in, they can then sponsor their in-laws ].

The UN estimates there are some 43 million refugees world wide and growing. [though in reality most would better be described as TEMPORARILY DISPLACED PERSONS --who should and would return home at the cessation of their local conflict]. No matter how much petty [point scoring by the Green & allies] , [they have no answer and are guilty of aiding and abetting this multibillion dollar peoples smuggling scam]

Come off it Paul. Quoting Obama, what next. He is as guilty at Labor of pandering to undesirables to buy some votes/acceptance.

Hell even his own party recognise he is just a bad joke.