Question re our Asylum Seeker Policy

Did Scott Morrison say that tow-backs were never part of the Coalitions Asylum Seeker Policy ?

 

 

and is that the truth or a lie ?

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Coalition ‘never had a policy of towing boats back’, says Scott Morrison Immigration minister accuses media of ‘misrepresentation over a long period of time’ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/coalition-never-had-a-policy-of-towing-boats-back-says-...
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PM's boats compromise offers a way to ditch tow-back policy

Date 2nd Oct 2013

Asked repeatedly whether his signature policy of turning asylum seeker boats back to Indonesia would ever be put into practice, Mr Abbott demurred and said only that he was confident of stopping the flow of boats with Indonesia's help.

 

''Again, my object here is to stop the boats. And in order to ensure that the boats are stopped I want to have the best possible relationship with Indonesia,'' he said.

While insisting he stood by his pre-election policy announcements, Mr Abbott appeared to be preparing for a gradual change of tack, insisting that the main game was stopping the boats.


 

''In the end that's all that really counts: have  we stopped the boats?'' he said.

Some senior sources say there has been too narrow a focus on turning boats back when the key issue is leveraging a stronger response from Jakarta.


Mr Abbott also appeared to waver on other parts of his contentious policy, saying village spies and buy-backs of fishing boats were nothing more than a pot of money available to local Indonesian officials ''working co-operatively with their Australian counterparts to ensure, as far as we can, we've got people working with us rather than against us''.

 



Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/pms-boats-compromise-offers-a-way-to-ditch-tow...
 




Is Tony Abbott admitting that parts of the Policy on an issue he made an extremely important one and one that may have been a vote winner are nothing more than a pot of money ?

It seems as though he doesn't stand by the Policies Australians voted on ? 

some of us weren't so silly then...if we felt the same 

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Must be those fifth columnists working at the ABC.They'll be weeded out soon enough.
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some seem to have forgotten to add (and stress) the very important detail of  'when it's safe to do so' ...to the 'Turn Back the Boats'  claim...

it seems to be being stressed now though 

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what Tow-back policy?   huh.png

 

 

http://www.liberal.org.au/our-policies

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July 2013

 

Coalition defends tow-back policy

 

 The Coalition is defying Indonesia on asylum policy, with Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop insisting it was unbowed in its determination to tow boats back towards Indonesia, despite that country's objections
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Asked whether the opposition would only pursue policies that had the co-operation and support of Indonesia, Ms Bishop said: ''We will continue with our policies that worked when we were in government. That includes turning back boats when it is safe to do so. It's an inescapable fact that these are Indonesian boats … Australia is within its right to turn the boats back in our waters, in international waters, where it's safe to do so.''

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/coalition-defends-towback-policy-20130707-2pka...

 

 

Wording issue? tow back vs turn back?

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It has been wording that has been used and by Tony Abbott himself when I think when he said something like our aim is to turn back boats not strictly to tow them back ?

 

 

 

AS the federal opposition touts its tow-back policy for asylum seeker boats, it's worth remembering what happened to the last of the seven vessels turned back by the Howard government.

 

- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/behind-howards-last-boat-tow-back/story-fn3dxiwe-12...

 

 

 

 

 

 we seem to have gone from ''tow back the boats'' ,''stop the boats'' , ''buy the boats''

of late Scott Morrison's ''hide the boats'' , and our PM's ...which Boats ?

 




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 we seem to have gone from ''tow back the boats'' ,''stop the boats'' , ''buy the boats''

of late Scott Morrison's ''hide the boats'' , and our PM's ...which Boats ?

 

True,Woman LOL

 

The tow back the boats - when safe to do so - was very airy-fairy anyway.. when would it be safe to do so?? no answers ever given to that ?.  The Navy weren't thrilled at all with that idea either.

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http://www.australiantimes.co.uk/news/news-from-australia/news-in-australia/mark-latham-says-labor-s...

 

Mark Latham says Labor should support tow back asylum boats policy

 

Former federal Labor leader Mark Latham has urged Prime Minister Julia Gillard to adopt the Coalition’s policy of sending boats carrying asylum seekers back into Indonesian waters in order to address the severity of the people smuggling issue.

 

...The controversial former politician called on Ms Gillard to tow boats carrying asylum seekers back into Indonesian waters without the country’s prior approval in an attempt to pressure Jakarta into taking stronger action against the people smugglers operating out of Indonesian ports. He said that corruption in Indonesian law enforcement facilitated people smuggling, and that the Indonesian government “will never agree” to take responsibility for the issue.

 

Mr Latham said: “We’re talking about a major problem here, and we’re better off confronting that. The Indonesians won’t agree but it should be tried in an exercise almost like calling their bluff. No decent person with any sort of heart could stand by and watch these families, these children, drowning on the high seas between Australia and Indonesia.

“There comes a time in politics and public life . . . where the thought of lying in bed at night thinking of young children drowning on the seas – who gives a **bleep** about parliamentary politics – there comes a time to call the truth and to act on it.”

 

Liberal frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull supported  Mr Latham’s position, saying that “seaworthy” vessels could be escorted “to the limit of the territorial waters so that their only option is to return there (Indonesia).”He said that the government would only take this course of action “where it is safe to do so” and admitted that the co-operation of the Indonesian government would be important in order to ensure the safety of those on board the suspected people smuggling vessels.

 

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Coalition defies Indonesia with boat tow-back policy

 

 

She said Mr Rudd's first government had dismantled the Howard government's policies without consulting Indonesia and in doing so ''he weakened our border protection laws and that has sparked this whole crisis''.

Coalition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison agreed with Ms Bishop that the Coalition would tow back boats even if it was against the express wishes of the Indonesian government.

''No one told John Howard he couldn't do it either, or could do it,'' Mr Morrison told ABC radio on Monday morning.

''John Howard didn’t even discuss it with the Indonesian President. That's a decision we take . . . on our side of the border.''

The Coalition's policy was a ''no surprises'' one, Mr Morrison said. ''I don't think anyone, anywhere, could think that it's not the Coalition’s policy to turn boats back where it's safe to do so. I think we've been pretty clear about that.'' 



Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/coalition-defies-indonesia-with-boat-to...

 

 

 

 

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DAVID LIPSON   Sure, but the Coalition has said that the Indonesians are aware of your policy and yet the Ambassador and the Foreign Minister have both said that it is not acceptable to them. Why is that not good enough?

 

JULIE BISHOP    What is being put to the Indonesian officials is quote “a tow-back policy” which implies that the Australian Navy would be escorting boats back into Indonesian ports. That would be a violation of Indonesian territorial sovereignty and we’ve never suggested that would be the case.

 http://www.juliebishop.com.au/transcripts/1302-lunchtime-agenda.html

 

 

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Am3, some of have believed that 'the boat turnback' could be done in each and every case ...which isn't the truth.

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