He gets more sleep than you do.I can only repeat... this is not going to end well for Abbott and co.
THREE Indonesian navy officers have been arrested for alleged involvement in a people-smuggling operation that was set to send a boat of more than 100 asylum seekers to Australia.
The development comes amid a backlash over recent spying allegations, with Indonesia threatening to withdraw co-operation with Australia on various fronts, including joint efforts to stem the flow of asylum-seeker boats to Christmas Island.
INDONESIA says it doesn't spy on Australia; but it did once, according to a former Indonesian intelligence chief.
In a 2004 interview, retiring Indonesian intelligence chief General Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono said his agency tapped Australian civil and military communications and politicians' phone calls.
It also made unsuccessful attempts to recruit Australian spies, he said.
General Hendropriyono, who headed the Badan Intelijen Negara under president Megawati Soekarnoputri's government, said it was well known both sides tapped each other's communications during the East Timor crisis.
Richard Marles in has doubled his previous figure stated in Parliament that its now 4 boats in the 14 days before the election. He's getting closer at least. Add another 2 and he'll have it right.Opposition spokesman on Immigration Richard Marles has claimed in a presser today that in the last two weeks before the election we were down to one boat per week.
The record as per the media releases from Customs from Saturday August 24 to Friday September 6 is as follows,
http://www.customs.gov.au/site/media-releases-2013.asp
Abbott's OSB policy is over. Worst of all he's stuffed this up so badly a lack of cooperation on search & rescue will put lives at risk.
Senior Labor MP Tony Burke, a former immigration minister, says Indonesian cooperation had built up over time.
Operation Sovereign Borders weekly update Friday November 22:
1 boat carrying 35 passengers. Arrivals so far for November is 198 passengers on 4 boats. There were also 21 voluntary returns to country of origin from Nauru and Manus Island.
The briefing itself is broadcast live on ABC24 from around 12:30pm EDST. The Customs link below may not show the updated information till later today.
http://www.customs.gov.au/site/operation-sovereign-borders.asp
Summary of arrivals since this government was elected:
08/09/2013 to 18/09/2013 (caretaker period prior to swearing in): 475 passengers on 7 boats.
Remainder of the week to Monday 23/09/2013: 31 passengers on 1 boat.
Week to Monday 30/09/2013: 95 passengers on 3 boats.
Remainder of the week to Friday 04/10/2013: 79 passengers on 1 boat.
Week to Friday 11/10/2013: No boats.
Week to Friday 18/10/2013: 173 passengers on 3 boats.
Week to Friday 25/10/2013: 166 passengers on 2 boats.
Week to Friday 1/11/2013: No boats.
Week to Friday 8/11/2013: No boats.
Week to Friday 15/11/2013: 163 passengers on 3 boats.
Week to Friday 22/11/2013: 35 passengers on 1 boat.
Totals since the commencement of Operation Sovereign Borders:
742 passengers on 14 boats over 9 weeks.
On the topic of the usual BS, ................Did Morrison actually answer any questions or was it the usual on water operations BS
Did Morrison actually answer any questions or was it the usual on water operations BS
Did Morrison actually answer any questions or was it the usual on water operations BS
He said last November there were 2630 asylum-seekers on 43 boats and so far this month there had been four boats carrying fewer than 200 people.
What gets me is the journos that keep asking questions they have been told are operational matters. And yet, week after week, they keep asking the same questions only to be told again and again they won't be answered.
Maybe if the journos stopped repeating pathetic questions, they might find they get answers! It's quite boring listening to the same questions week after week.
On the topic of the usual BS, ................
The officers were arrested on Tuesday while transporting 106 Rohingya, including 20 children, to a beach in West Java.
Operation Sovereign Borders weekly update Friday November 29:
1 boat carrying 9 passengers. There were also 4 voluntary returns to country of origin from Offshore Processing Centres. Arrivals so far for November is 207 passengers on 5 boats. Total voluntary returns to country of origin from Offshore Processing Centres since OSB commenced on 18 September is 124.
http://www.customs.gov.au/site/operation-sovereign-borders.asp
Summary of arrivals since this government was elected:
08/09/2013 to 18/09/2013 (caretaker period prior to swearing in): 475 passengers on 7 boats.
Remainder of the week to Monday 23/09/2013: 31 passengers on 1 boat.
Week to Monday 30/09/2013: 95 passengers on 3 boats.
Remainder of the week to Friday 04/10/2013: 79 passengers on 1 boat.
Week to Friday 11/10/2013: No boats.
Week to Friday 18/10/2013: 173 passengers on 3 boats.
Week to Friday 25/10/2013: 166 passengers on 2 boats.
Week to Friday 1/11/2013: No boats.
Week to Friday 8/11/2013: No boats.
Week to Friday 15/11/2013: 163 passengers on 3 boats.
Week to Friday 22/11/2013: 35 passengers on 1 boat.
Week to Friday 29/11/2013: 9 passengers on 1 boat.
Totals since the commencement of Operation Sovereign Borders:
751 passengers on 15 boats over 10 weeks.
On the topic of cruelty, I could say something about a relentless monotone squawk.Still I think Morrison is up to the job for a higher level of cruelty.
It appears Rudd's policy of be cruel to the boat people hasn't quite worked.
Still I think Morrison is up to the job for a higher level of cruelty.
Note the boats haven't stopped yet.
This week’s arrivals: one boat with nine boat people.
Total boat arrivals so far for November (with just one day to go in the month): five, with 207 people on board.
Total boat arrivals last November: 43, with 2630 people on board.
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