Individual,

You're saying that decency and integrity will lose
with Labor in government?

On what are you basing that statement - certainly
not on the behaviour of the current government -
just ask its femlae MPs and those who have left or are
leaving.

indy is doing the best he can
And walking on his own path is part of that
In the end indy you try very hard not to see what the real world looks like

Dear Foxy,

Is it possible that the great majority of internees on Nauru and Manus will soon be brought to Australia and stay here, thanks to the Phelps Bill ? All these blokes in their twenties and thirties, suddenly too sick to be treated by the pathetically-poor medical personnel on primitive Nauru and Manus ?

Hmm ....... just a bit racist, don't you think ? And if it's so necessary to whip those fit and healthy young blokes to Australia, why not genuinely sick local people from Nauru and Manus ?

Oh, I see, it's like, part of their culture to be sick and primitive and poverty-stricken, nothing to do with us, none of our concern. Our hearts bleed only for illegal refugees.

Médecins sans Frontières are initiating long-distance medical treatment over the internet, etc., for people on Nauru and Manus, as they probably do all over the world. Perhaps they might send doctors to Nauru and Manus as well. Gosh, that might be a workable alternative, from the government's point of view: sending specialist doctors to complement those already there

Of course, though, we all know that MSF is a far-right group, thwarting every compassionate initiative at every turn, and probably working for Trump. Down with MSF !

Love,

Joe

Loudmouth blame the Australian voters for the torture of these folk
If they did not insist the boats stop those boats would not longer be of more use as a political weapon and a solution would have been found
Will the party that bought us Tampa win based on false fear and loathing
Maybe a boat will arrive soon, after a full escort to our boarder?
Bring on the Malaysian solution
Yes for a while, until the boats stop forever, we will take more refugees
Hand picked but more

Foxy,
Political commentators are rather boring because rather than comment & interview they push their Left bias.
I'd love to see an un-biased commentator offer their idea of a solution, you think that's possible ?

Individual,

My experiences differ from yours.

I don't find political commentators boring at
all. I love hearing their views and explanations.
I also don't label their views - because we're
all biased to a certain degree.

Commentators like - Gerard Henderson, Niki Savva,
Katharine Murphy, Laura Tingle, Barrie Cassidy,
Mark Kenny, Mark Riley, Lenore Taylor,
Peter van Onselen, Annabel Crabb, Patricia Karvelas,
and so many others - are all interesting.