Boat people - a "passing irritant" apparently

[i-need-a-martini]

Pre election Abbott considered this his number on priority. Day after day, the Labor government was pummelled on all sides about the issue. Those seeking asylum were demonised and the Australian people were made to feel unsafe in their own country because of  "illegals" that had to be stopped. Abbott had not just one but 3 different 'policies' in place to deal with the catastrophe that was occuring in this country.

But now that he is in charge, the issue is only a "passing irritant".

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-says-boats-issue-with-indonesia-a-...

[just_me_karen]

Don't add my ID to your interpersonal posts. If I wish to add my ID to any list, I'll do it myself.

[*crikey*mate*]

Dictator Of North Korea Syndrome

[*ibis]

OMG im laughing so hard i just fell off the back of my chair

[**meep**]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

No Meep, I will not show you .That has been done many times in the past .The link was added as reference re terminology  for us .So many very obvious deflections from the real issues or rather what we have been being told are our real issues

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But that's the thing, Iza. It hasn't.  Every time you made that claim, you have only provided a link to that illegal boats count.  Illegal boats = illegal arrivals.  There is nothing illegal about that term, according to law experts on refugees. 

[**meep**]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

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@*ibis wrote:

I have heard a few people voice their concerns about ... our dictator PM

i find that hard to believe

name two 

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a check out worker at a Supermarket

My husband

My brother 

a bus driver

our water carter 

a teacher 

a friend who is an aged care nurse 

there you go more than two .

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have they been voicing their concerns about our dictator PM in public? 

how many of them have lived under a dictatorship?

[lakeland27]

anyway back to the issue . . the Indonesians have problems of their own, let alone ours.  you'll need to be a subscriber to read the entire thing.

A RADICAL Indonesian Immigration Department plan to avoid social unrest by settling more than 10,000 refugees on one of the closest eastern islands to the Australian mainland has been blocked by a senior minister.

The plan to compulsorily relocate all UN-registered refugees and asylum-seekers in the country to a newly created settlement on Sumba Island was disclosed to The Weekend Australian by a senior immigration official.  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/indonesias-bid-to-put-10000-refugees-on-isle...

[*mrgrizz*]

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@lakeland27 wrote:

anyway back to the issue . . the Indonesians have problems of their own, let alone ours.  you'll need to be a subscriber to read the entire thing.

A RADICAL Indonesian Immigration Department plan to avoid social unrest by settling more than 10,000 refugees on one of the closest eastern islands to the Australian mainland has been blocked by a senior minister.

The plan to compulsorily relocate all UN-registered refugees and asylum-seekers in the country to a newly created settlement on Sumba Island was disclosed to The Weekend Australian by a senior immigration official.  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/indonesias-bid-to-put-10000-refugees-on-isle...

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they must have shown up without the money to pay the people smugglers

[*mrgrizz*]

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@**meep** wrote:

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@izabsmiling wrote:

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@*ibis wrote:

I have heard a few people voice their concerns about ... our dictator PM

i find that hard to believe

name two 

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a check out worker at a Supermarket

My husband

My brother 

a bus driver

our water carter 

a teacher 

a friend who is an aged care nurse 

there you go more than two .

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have they been voicing their concerns about our dictator PM in public? 

how many of them have lived under a dictatorship?

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excellent. i'm going to go to the USA and seek asylum. our PM is a dictator
think i'll get in?

[just_me_karen]

Lets hope 😄

[freakiness]

http://annesummers.com.au/pdf/ASR_issue4.pdf

In 2008, a report by the consultancy firm access
economics on the fiscal impact of migrants reached
a similar conclusion. It found that, after about a
decade, the average refugee becomes a net economic
contributor to australia.

The article starts on page 14. Worth a read, imo.