The old ''Bring in the armed forces'' trick

[lakeland27]

  Some may remember the last time the opposition had to formulate 'something' to deal with  problems in indigenous communities.

known as The intervention"   disgraced Ashby plotter and former Howard minister Brough  took charge and brought in the army.

well we all know how well that went .the net result of brough's 'intervention' amounting to a show and little more.. Now, faced with another  problem that seems beyond them, that is.. managing asylum seeker arrivals.. what do this sad bunch of gits offer up as a Policy ? why, they dress it up as a military operation.. in conjunction with customs and Dept of immigration. this is pretty much as we have now so it isn't new or innovative .. its a knee -jerk panic move , more slogan than action which simply by existing and having been announced demonstrates that even the coalition have doubts about the discredited policy of Towback they have pushed for years now..

its an admission that previous policy was carp. unfortunately , so is the new policy.

[donnashuggy]

What we need is a few pirates to sort it out 

[j*oono]

Mugssy, Muggsy, Muggsy... straight to the chuckle store 

[polksaladallie]

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@mugssy65 wrote:
Not buying into the politicle crap here, my vote, my business!
BUT as a West Australan I think we do need a bigger navel presence off our shores, wonder how you guys would feel if these boats were landing on your shores? FFS one got in as far as geraldton!

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During Howard's term, 11 refugee boats reached Western Australia's shores undetected.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/immigration/asylum-boats-arrival-on-mainland-may-fo...

[spotweldersfriend]

My navel's big enough already.

[monman12]

"Now there was an orator. 

"was",   pity what she said did not resonate with the electorate/Caucus.

nɥºɾ

[polksaladallie]

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@spotweldersfriend wrote:
My navel's big enough already.

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Somebody a while ago sold on Ebay a jar of whatever he found in his navel.  Was it you?

[mugssy65]

Beeping dyslexia!
That's my excuse and I'm stucking to it lol

[mugssy65]

By the way I don't care how many boats made it to our shores under who's government, these boats shouldn't be getting to shore undetected!

[spotweldersfriend]

It was me polksaladallie. The ADF bought it and fashioned it into a gunship-HMAS Lint.

[lakeland27]

 operation look more serious than the other guy there is something major missing that i noticed in Abbotts policy, its only a little thing.. a destination.that would be a thoughtful inclusion.

i hate both policies personally, but if you support the idea behind the policies there doesn't seem to be much choice..

in the days of hawke howard and keating the coastline used to be patrolled by 2 Orions.. one would fly one way and one the other .. around the australian coast. they used to wave as they passed going in  opposite directions (somewhere roughly north of darwin if i remember correctly)  i doubt the navy has the capacity to up the level of surveillance from where it is now without affecting other operations long-term. they could for a while, but more ships don't come cheaply or in a hurry so its hard to see it happening in any real or sustained way.