Belly,
Yes you are right, new policy is needed.

Both Scomo and Dutton were good Immigration Ministers and I hope they carry the same traits in the PMs job. The current PM will not be missed, I recall 'utegate' and his plan top save the world by us changing light bulbs.

One thing either candidate could advocate is to abolish the agreement with Labor not to debate Immigration and related issues. I think it scandalous that neither major party will debate the issues around immigration, seeing how important they are. By only debating them in party rooms the public is denied input into the matters. The issues are crying out for public input. The major parties are scared to make public their views.

Dutton has been convinced that he is a suitable candidate by his shock-jock promoters but he's just a useful idiot in the plot to bring Abbott back to the front bench and shift power back to the extreme right of the party.

Couldn't agree more rache. What a pathetic bunch of self serving individuals these Liberal are. Refusing yesterday to do the job we pay them to perform. By suspending the parliament they admitted they are incapable of governing Australia.

What is need is an election, and a change of government to Labor asap!

Rupert Murdock visited Australia last week, his first stop is said to be Canberra, Sky news has heated up its anti Turnbull talk ,and is about to go free to air, just in time to cover the election,will we get a mini Trump PM? will the factional war now out in the open kill the Liberal party? you be the judge if Dutton wins today the answer may well be yes

Well Rache, I hope you are right, because nothing short of someone with real balls in this country is going to bring us back, and both Dutton and Abbott have got balls.

The bleeding hearts have to be totally ignored, political correctness needs to get the boot, and the free loaders, both home grown and immigrants need to be put in their place with a heavy handed 'put up, or shut up' approach.

Illegals need to be kicked out and sent back to wherever, and anyone wanting to immigrate here has to prove they have something to offer that we need and, they have to prove that they and their families will not be a burden on our already struggling welfare debacle some call a system.

In short, the gloves need to come off and the ass kicking needs to start, and fast.

Who knows, with Dutton and Abbott at the helm, we may even se Bernardi lured back.

So yes Rache, I sure hope your worst nightmare does come true.

Of cause once Dutton is elected, which I predicted yonks ago, my thoughts are we will see a huge spike in voter turnaround, I just hope that he does not call a snap election, because he will loose as the Turnbull taste is going to take a long time to leave many voters mouths. He has single headedly put the libs back ten years, no thanks to Bishops careless spending of our taxes anywhere but here.

Foxy, I apologize in advance as I know you are a bleeding heart for the detainees, BUT Just remember one point, NOBODY INVITED THEM TO COME.

rehctub,

Your claim that "NOBODY INVITED THEM TO COME,"
isn't quite accurate.

Australia signed the Refugee Convention and its protocols.
We are obligated to adhere to that Convention.
The REfugee Convention recognises that refugees
often need to enter a country without permission.
Also Article 31 of the Convention tells us that
countries such as Australia who have signed the
Convention cannot punish refugees for entering or
living in their countries without permission or restricting
their freedom of movement.

We are obligated to adhere to the Convention - whether
you like it or not. This has nothing to do with "Bleeding
Hearts" or "Do-Gooders." Its the law that we've signed up
to.