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There are so many pre-election scams from both sides of politics. Neither side can calim to be guilt-free in this. The baby bonus introduced by the Howard govt was a blatant excercise in vote buying. It's politics, remember? It's a dirty, underhanded...

It seems like a heavy-handed solution to me, and yes, quite expensive, but if it works, if the boats stop coming because they know they won't get residence here, then the temporay expense might be worth it. We are already paying for food and accomoda...

What I think is cruel about them is that we let them settle in to some extent but refuse to allow them permanent security. Kids start school and start to get a life but it's all temporary. They can wake up one day and be told they are no longer welco...

Angry that your suggestion, if implemented might be construed by Indonesia as bullying.

Or not. Indonesia might just get rather angry with Australia, and no sensible person would want that.