Why the boats are slowing

[***super_nova***]

THE Indonesian crackdown that disrupted 17 people-smuggling operations over the past month and stopped 550 people getting on boats began in July when Kevin Rudd rang President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with a plea for help.

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison and his Operation Sovereign Borders team described at a briefing on Friday how the increased Indonesian police activity had resulted in the arrest of five crew members and three "high-value targets" who were organising people-smuggling operations.

In fact, Mr Rudd, newly restored as prime minister, had months earlier asked the Indonesian leader to do everything possible to stop boats leaving. And, conscious that combating people-smuggling operations was a low priority for resource-poor Indonesian authorities, he offered Australian help right down to providing transport and fuel for police motorcycles.

http://m.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/call-from-kevin-that-spurred-crackdown/story-f...

[catsnknots]

initiated in July but nothing happened until Abbott and the Coalition were in power... once they realised we were 100% serious they started to do something.... 

why was it just in the past month that these arrests took place? 

[lakeland27]

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@catmad*2013 wrote:

initiated in July but nothing happened until Abbott and the Coalition were in power... once they realised we were 100% serious they started to do something.... 

why was it just in the past month that these arrests took place? 

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because the government said "yes, you can buy a million hectares in australia'' thats why. the PNG thing slowed the boats fairly quickly , morrison is the lucky beneficiary.

[spotweldersfriend]

Like Howard & co. after the Hawke/Keating reforms.

[***super_nova***]

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@catmad*2013 wrote:

initiated in July but nothing happened until Abbott and the Coalition were in power... once they realised we were 100% serious they started to do something.... 

why was it just in the past month that these arrests took place? 

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What do you mean nothing happened?  There was lot of work down to prepare.  It does take a little while to organise such operations; to be able to arrest so many people in one swoop would have taken some time in investigation and gathering evidince.  As the article pointed out Indonesia is a poor country and they do have other priorities for funding of their police actions.

[newstart2380]

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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@catmad*2013 wrote:

initiated in July but nothing happened until Abbott and the Coalition were in power... once they realised we were 100% serious they started to do something.... 

why was it just in the past month that these arrests took place? 

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What do you mean nothing happened?  There was lot of work down to prepare.  It does take a little while to organise such operations; to be able to arrest so many people in one swoop would have taken some time in investigation and gathering evidince.  As the article pointed out Indonesia is a poor country and they do have other priorities for funding of their police actions.

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At the end of the day does it really matter who started the ball rolling and who kept it going ? as long as it is happening is the most important result, so congratulations to both sides of politics and hope it continues until these unsafe death traps afre stopped.

[**meep**]

I don't really care why as long as the people smugglers are stopped.   PNG solution?  Great.  Operation Sovereign Borders?  Great.

[lakeland27]

they'll still come . when the chest puffing dies down the numbers will pick up again, the model will probably just change to faster boats running the gauntlet when the navy is off defouling hulls or suchlike.

[newstart2380]

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@lakeland27 wrote:

they'll still come . when the chest puffing dies down the numbers will pick up again, the model will probably just change to faster boats running the gauntlet when the navy is off defouling hulls or suchlike.

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What negative BS