Dear Belly,

It was the current PM who called for Australia's
withdrawal from the Refugee Convention, who incited a
riot on Manus Island which resulted in the death of
Reza Banati, he falsely claimed Save the Children staff
coached asylum seekers to self-harm on Nauru, and so on.

We can hope that now as PM his attitudes will improve.

Foxy in every difficult issue no one side ever gets every thing it wants.
EVER
So what would be a good result if both parties stopped using the issue as clubs and sat down to fix it?
It is my view voters play a role, they want the boats stopped, not all voters but enough to win or not win elections
So after, not before, a new answer is put in place find homes for every one in offshore detention NZ seems willing.
get the Malaysian solution back, if not in that country one nearby.
underline *every new arrival will be sent there* as close to the day after as possible*
try to get every nearby nation to join in, serving their interests as well as ours, increase selected migrant intake.
Take the politics out of it with some thing both sides can agree with

Dear Belly,

Your suggestions are truly worthwhile and very valid.
All we desperately need is the right kind of leadership
for that to happen. Fingers-crossed that in these
troubled times that won't take too long.
My dream for this country is for the major parties to
be able to work together on issues of importance for
the good of our society and nation.

until both sides can give ground in the interests of the country good government will not happen Foxy.

Dear Belly,

I'm more optimistic.
Especially if more women get into Parliament
and they get rid of the old "die-hards."

Honestly as the extreme right gets more rabid it can be a reason better governments are the result, I too think things will improve.
UN laughing at Trump is a sign he has not fooled every one