Kevvie from Brizzie has 1300 deaths to answer for

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LABOR has left Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare holding the (dead) baby after yet another illegal people smuggling operation ended in tragedy.

The search for survivors was called off last night after 88 people had been rescued, and dead baby’s body recovered. Eight people were still missing.

The vessel capsized nearly 90 nautical miles from Christmas Island on Friday though the details of the sinking were relayed from the stricken vessel to a contact in Melbourne.

That’s right. The illegal operation was in touch with Australian contacts thousands of miles away from the disaster.

A fleet was deployed – two navy patrol boats, a merchant vessel, a military aircraft and two maritime rescue planes – but with mixed results.

Recycled Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the event was “a genuine human tragedy” but what would that phony know?

He, more than any other individual, must be held responsible for giving people smugglers the green light to resume their illegal trade after it had been put out of business by the Howard government.

The Greens and the civil liberties lobby also have blood on their hands.

Rudd said the tragedy highlighted “the absolute need for us to continue to adjust our policies”.

It was his adjustment of successful policy that encouraged the people smugglers.

“Working on visa arrangements, working on the criteria which are used by decision makers in Australia on whether or not a person has bona fide refugee status in Australia or not,” he said.

“This is an absolute priority for the government. We will have more to say about this.”

What a load of garbage.

It was his priority to make it easier for illegal arrivals that caused him to weaken Australia’s approach to border security.

This rescue operation would have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars adding to the already blown-out budget for border security.

The ongoing costs of assessing and rehousing the new illegal arrivals will run into the millions.

Labor must outline which areas of spending it intends to cut to keep its new Budget surplus promise – particularly as Rudd has also signaled he will tie the carbon dioxide tax to the European carbon price sooner rather than stick to the timetable set by his predecessor Julia Gillard.

Opposition spokesman Scott Morrison said the shocking loss of life demanded a better policy response by the Rudd government.

“This is yet another terrible tragedy. At the rate of current arrivals, such incidents are equally shocking but sadly can no longer be considered unexpected. These latest souls lost follow the more than 1300 others we know to have perished over the last five years.”

More than thirteen hundred lives lost – and Kevvie from Brizzie is responsible. 

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[dropyourjeans]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

 Kevvie from Brizzie has 1300 deaths to answer for

Hey, Cue, it's another one of those bogan slogans!

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i'm not Cue, in case you're wondering  

Although Cue may have been the author of one of the articles I attached a excerpt of.

[izabsmiling]

ok 

[dropyourjeans]

Nowhere do you allocate any blame onto the people who are directly responsible: the contrators that hired the young people.

There guidelines were clear. That they were ignored has caused the contractors to face prosecution. So no, not entirely Rudd's fault.

They should not have been using the foil insulation, they should have turned the power off first.  Everyone knowes you don't play with live wires or put staples through them.  They were workplace accidents.  The overall result is that industry regulations have been improved.

To say anyones should be sacked for that is to say that John Howard should have been sacked for the death of defence personell in Iraq or Afghanistan.  

[catsnknots]

Freaky, read the coroners report... it does put some blame on them but the Federal Government is equal if not more so liable because they pushed through a program without taking the risks into consideration. 

[freakiness]

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@catmad*2013 wrote:

Freaky, read the coroners report... it does put some blame on them but the Federal Government is equal if not more so liable because they pushed through a program without taking the risks into consideration. 

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I did read the Coroner's report.  Yes, it places some blame on the Federal Government for using foil and acting in haste and it also rightly blames the contractors who should have known better and who signed an declarations & agreements that they would adhere to appropriate standards and regulations. 

[catsnknots]

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@freakiness wrote:

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@catmad*2013 wrote:

Freaky, read the coroners report... it does put some blame on them but the Federal Government is equal if not more so liable because they pushed through a program without taking the risks into consideration. 

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I did read the Coroner's report.  Yes, it places some blame on the Federal Government for using foil and acting in haste and it also rightly blames the contractors who should have known better and who signed an declarations & agreements that they would adhere to appropriate standards and regulations. 

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Undoubtedly, a major contributor to the failure to put in place adequate 
safeguards was the speed with which the program was conceived, designed and 
implemented. 

[freakiness]

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@catmad*2013 wrote:

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@freakiness wrote:

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@catmad*2013 wrote:

Freaky, read the coroners report... it does put some blame on them but the Federal Government is equal if not more so liable because they pushed through a program without taking the risks into consideration. 

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I did read the Coroner's report.  Yes, it places some blame on the Federal Government for using foil and acting in haste and it also rightly blames the contractors who should have known better and who signed an declarations & agreements that they would adhere to appropriate standards and regulations. 

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Undoubtedly, a major contributor to the failure to put in place adequate 
safeguards was the speed with which the program was conceived, designed and 
implemented. 

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Why the big red text?

It places some blame on the fed gov. It also places blame on the contractors who should have know better.

Why not look at all the content instead of focusing on just the bit that blames the government.

The Coroner shared the blame.

[catsnknots]

the majority goes to the government.. 

both the Labor Federal and Labor State governments... 

both let people down... 

I want to know what the ten email to Kevin Rudd said... 

[vampire-teddy]

personally i think it is the lack of compassion from the general Australian public which is to blame for the fate of the boat people.  god forbid we are ever in their position.  i think it is ironic that such a "christian" country can have such unchristian attitudes towards others.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@dropyourjeans wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

 Kevvie from Brizzie has 1300 deaths to answer for

Hey, Cue, it's another one of those bogan slogans!

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i'm not Cue, in case you're wondering  

Although Cue may have been the author of one of the articles I attached a excerpt of.

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Sorry. Blame the silly new board layout. I wasn't actually replying to you, I was calling Cue's attention to the OP as she was the one who used the term 'bogan slogan' in another thread.. But, if you click on 'reply' it always shows you as replying to another poster - you can't just make a comment.