Beach, you might have a shred of credibility on this, if you did not continually attack on this very forum every politician and other forumites holding views that are seen by you as being left of the thoughts of Genghis Khan. Your continual labeling of such good folk as pinko, lefty, commie, bolshe, Trotskies etc etc and etc leaves you open to a charge of bias!
I am merely echoing the thoughts and opinions of a very concerned Australian public. I cannot condone criminality, at the moment this is all alergation, but where there is smoke there is sure to be fire! Will you not agree?

sorry its a repeat (from another thread) but must be said

Please keep it in the news. Its makes Labour/Greens look hypocritical, incompetent and portraying crocodile tears. Despite having Triggs, Mann and other Abbott haters on their side, the public can see clearly that Abbott has saved lives, money and by and large stopped illegal entrance in this country. I hope Labour/Greens keep reminding the Australian public of this simple fact. I personally spoke to someone involved in the smuggling business a couple of years ago who told me how thrilled they were when Rudd reopened their business. What a joke!

Paul said;
Jay, your sub contracting theory, I don't buy that one, at all.

On the news today there is a video of the passengers disembarking from
a yellow commercial ferry. This might be the ferry that was paid to
bring them back to Java.

I am unable to make the connection but until you know you should not
assume it is not the vessel that was contracted.

Hi Paul,

Back to topic (although it's fun sinking the boot into all our demons, isn't it?):

: if you were a refugee, genuine or not, and you paid all the hard-earned savings of your family, your brothers, cousins and grandmothers, to get on a boat, and the b@stards only brought you back to where you started, what would you do ? Get on another boat ? Pay another 'ransom' ?

So how soon before the trade dried up ? Devilishly cunning !

Joe

To pay them you have to catch them or stop the boat, the navy should just fire a shot in front of the boat move forward and your boat will be sunk and you will be put on an orange boat going back to Indonesia or go back now. Your choice.

Phillip S;
A lot cheaper than providing one of those orange lifeboats !