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.

[polksaladallie]

Just another three-word slogan. 

If you haven't noticed, Abbott cannot speak, whether reading or not, without stopping after every three words.  Apart from being excruciating to listen to, it is embarrassing that a person who would be PM cannot speak in a flowing way.

So, 3 words is what we must have.

[donnashuggy]

we are in a state of emergency Lakeland, didn't you know?

[donnashuggy]

My husband put a steel helmet on and drove down to the beach to make sure nobody was swimming ashore, this is very serious 

[monman12]

There is an air of shrill self reassurance emerging lately after the confident posts of a couple of weeks ago

IS: "it's looking Positive"
JMK: "great news! Up, up and away!"

"........ Apart from being excruciating to listen to, it is embarrassing that a person who would be PM cannot speak in a flowing way."

I agree, what has happened to Gillard?

nɥºɾ

[polksaladallie]

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@monman12 wrote:

"........ Apart from being excruciating to listen to, it is embarrassing that a person who would be PM cannot speak in a flowing way."

I agree, what has happened to Gillard?

nɥºɾ

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Now there was an orator.  No notes needed.

[spotweldersfriend]

Operation Pointy Stick.

[polksaladallie]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

My husband put a steel helmet on and drove down to the beach to make sure nobody was swimming ashore, this is very serious 

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Somebody, a Queensland pollie?, said they don't need a rowboat, they need only a surfboard to pop over to Cape York.

[mugssy65]

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!

[sniper_patrol]

Does Australia have rankings for Generals as " Stars " A one star general and so on ?

Everything that these blokes ( Abbott , Morrison and Molan ) carried on about is already being done by the neccessary departments> The Navy, Customs, etc under the leadership of Border Protection Command. Established in 2005

Why is Molan getting involved. Arent Militarty personnel supposed to be impartial and not have a political view on matters of government?

Will there be Operation Sovereign Borders Campaign medals ?

This seriously has to be the worst case of One Upmanship I have ever seen on Australian Television.

Not only has Julie Bishop bad mouthed the Indonesian ministers it now appears the Co-olition have virtually told the PNG Prime Minister he is a liar also.

This is going to end badly, and I hope this ridiculous heavy handedness from Abbott and Morrison will come back to haunt them.

A National Emergency.................... seriously, The amount of asylum seekers arriving in the last five years would HALF FILL THE MCG........ a national emergency.             HARDLY