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*crikey*mate* — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 08:51:16 GMT

Any Boats yet?

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j*oono — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 08:53:10 GMT

How would we know, Crikey?

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debra9275 — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 08:54:49 GMT

Hmmmm I don't know..... It's a secret!

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cherry*135 — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 08:54:59 GMT

Ditto, how would the public of Australia know that?

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cherry*135 — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 08:55:23 GMT

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh don't mention the boats.

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*crikey*mate* — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 08:55:23 GMT

What, No pics?

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j*oono — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 08:56:06 GMT

We would have to ask the Indonesian press I suppose.

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jimmy*part4 — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:00:37 GMT

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cherry*135 — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:02:28 GMT

Indonesia to raise Australian asylum seeker policy with United States

By Helen Brown in Jakarta, staff

16 Feb

Indonesia says it will raise the Abbott Government's asylum seeker policy with the United States during official talks next week.

Jakarta has stepped up its protest to the Coalition's boat turn-back policy, calling in the Australian ambassador in Jakarta for a meeting with a senior official.

Indonesia's foreign affairs minister Marty Natalegawa says a strong protest message was given to Australian ambassador Greg Moriarty over the use of lifeboats to send asylum seekers back.

Dr Natalegawa says Australia was already violating its international commitments, but the use of lifeboats to send people back is an escalation.

"What Australia has been doing is a bigger development than before," he said.

"In the past when they have turned back the boats, or pulled the refugee boats back to Indonesia, that alone is a violation against their international commitment under the Refugee Convention.

"But this time it has escalated."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-14/australias-ambassador-in-jakarta-summoned-by-indonesian-governm/5261466

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lakeland27 — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:08:50 GMT

its obvious there have been boats , and they have been forced back or the passengers put in orange lifeboats. it is the off-season though when its always slower. the real question is how long the navy can keep it up, especially at the cessation of the monsoon season.

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*crikey*mate* — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:09:56 GMT

how many boat arrivals were there in each of the monsoon periods for the last 5 years?

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cherry*135 — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:12:01 GMT

Monsoon season November to March?

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lakeland27 — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:14:23 GMT

i don't know, but it's known to slow them . bad weather always does. Rudd's plan did the job anyway, abbotts guys merely made it nastier. i dislike all of them and their plans, rudd was a disgrace for a labor PM .. giving in to the worst elements in our society.

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kopenhagen5 — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:19:15 GMT

Thanks jimmy. I've been a little sad lately due to bad news so you made me smile.

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cherry*135 — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:22:48 GMT

Although the government is aware arrivals do slow during the monsoon season, there were 357 people who arrived on five boats in the first 23 days of January last year.[2013]

source: Daily Telegraph :snort:

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poddster — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:26:35 GMT

Oooops !!!

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amber-eyed-girl — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:28:46 GMT

Is this thread a complementary one to the going on a cruise one? 😛

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cherry*135 — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:30:36 GMT

Nup, cruise ships.. this one is boats.

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poddster — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:38:40 GMT

How odd boat trips cost more than a cruise liner, and they are only one way too or perhaps a quick round trip

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lakeland27 — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:51:57 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
Although the government is aware arrivals do slow during the monsoon season, there were 357 people who arrived on five boats in the first 23 days of January last year.[2013]

source: Daily Telegraph :snort:

the monsoon was late, didn't hit jakarta until Jan 17 in 2013. i said slows not stops . when it hit it came all at once as is the pattern with climate change.