Hasbeen see you find it convenient to overlook it was the last Labor government that set up the offshore concentration camps, they did so for two reasons, they KNEW/KNOW voters demand an end to the boats, and YOUR side stopped the Malaysian solution, for two reasons, *they knew it would work, stop the boats and flow of would be refugees to our northern neighbors* and to use the refugees to *frighten* the under informed, by now a billion dollars would have been saved in detention costs, no boats, no refugees in our near north, and? yes an increase in handpicked refugees fueling growth in this country.

Belly,

The "Malaysian solution was dead in the water. From the time it was announced to the time it would have been approved (if the libs had agreed) the 800 person quota for the next 5 years would have been more than filled.

That this solution dumped people in a foreign country with no Aus oversight, that was not signatory to the UNHRC and had an appalling human rights record made it far worse than the Pacific solution in every way.

Hasbeen don't forget these people are going to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax according to Aidan.

Don't know what jobs they will get and Aidan can't say as well to pay that amount of tax.

Belly there is only one question with illegals, Who stopped the boats?

There is only one answer, Tony Abbott.

Next question, How long would it take Shorten to get them sailing again?

Answer, just minutes.

You know it, I know it, everyone knows it, which is Turnbulls only savour.

Philip S,
Although it would take someone on the minimum wage over thirty years to pay a hundred thousand dollars in income tax, for someone on the median wage it's only eight years - and of course they'd be paying other taxes such as GST as well.

Unless you assume NDIS recipients to only ever (note, not only initially) be capable of minimum wage work, paying hundreds of thousands of dollars throughout their working lives is not an unlikely outcome.

If our government concentrated on growing the economy instead of maintaining the fiction of budget repair, there could easily be enough jobs for everyone.

Belly,
I'm sincere when I ask you this, no satire, no nothing, just a plain question. Do you really & I mean really deep down believe that Pauline Hanson would do a worse job than Abbott/Turnbull or Rudd/Gillard ?
Shorten hasn't been in power as yet so let's leave him out of the equation although I fail to witness any more sense listening to him or watching him on TV.
In my opinion both ALP/LNP are failing Australia. One of the them will get in next election but it sure would be to Australia's advantage to have somone like Hanson or Bernardi to hold the scales of accountability & social values.