Garpal Gumnut
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All down to ALP prevarication.
This never happened under the last Liberal Government.
It is an utter disgrace and all down to Labor.
Poor bastards dying tonight.
gg
A boat carrying about 200 asylum seekers has capsized north of Christmas Island, off the Indonesian coast.
According to Australian Customs, at about 3 pm (AEST) today, a surveillance aircraft spotted a boat in distress about 110 nautical miles north of Christmas Island.
It is believed up to 200 people could be on board, but Customs said this detail had not been confirmed.
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West Australian Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan said about 40 people were spotted on the upturned hull, others were in the water and up to 75 others may be dead.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...f-indonesia-20120621-20qiu.html#ixzz1yQXGe19f
It is a measure of just how far we have come in the first year of the Rudd Labor Government – of how much has been achieved in terms of returning humanity and fairness to Australia’s refugee policies, and sweeping away past excesses.
Labor was elected on a platform of change. In the area of refugee policy the key themes running through the Labor platform are humanity, fairness, integrity and public confidence.
Labor committed to abolishing the Pacific Solution and this was one the first things the Rudd Labor Government did on taking office. It was also one of my greatest pleasures in politics. Neither humane nor fair, the Pacific Solution was also ineffective and wasteful.
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The role the previous government played in whipping up hysteria around boat arrivals was a shameful part of our history, and the effects of this are still being felt today. Indeed, the arrival of two boats with 26 passengers is enough for the Opposition to be making the spurious claim that we have put people smugglers back in business. A reality check is clearly needed.
This never happened under the last Liberal Government.(sinking of boats of asylum seekers) GG
Unfortunately "ALP prevarication" is relatively recent history.
Let's go back to the start of this immense tragedy. Senator Chris Evans, the then Immigration Minister, proclaiming the proudest day in his public life, as part of the newly minted Rudd Government, disbanding the Pacific Solution.
The ALP is so ashamed of this critical, tragic turning point in our history, but here's the speech delivered at the Parramatta Town Hall. I read it now, and I weep for the lives that have been lost. Those clinging desperately to the hull of their upturned boat as we speak. Let's forget for the moment whether an Australian official finds them to be a refugee. The reality is most of these lives were bearable from whence they came just a few days ago.
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/67564...immi.gov.au/media/speeches/2008/ce081117.html
So let's remind ourselves of the ALP's humanity when we next discuss their appalling Malaysia Solution.
T'S time to end the blame game - and it's time Tony Abbott made it possible for Julia Gillard to implement the policy she insists will make tragedies like the one that unfolded last night less likely.
Greens immigration spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young said the latest loss of asylum-seekers was a tragedy, but the Greens remained opposed to offshore processing.
"The Australian Greens reaffirm our commitment to the UN Refugee Convention and to onshore assessment but today we must be focused on expressing our empathy and encouragement to the rescue effort," she said
Right on cue Green hypocrisy,
Didn't think it possible but another thread reaches a new low.............
Mr Oakeshott singled out the Opposition as the main impediment to an agreement, saying the prospect of a solution had been hampered by "a desire by some for toxic politics to win the day".
Here's a fine piece of "blame Abbott" hypocrisy from the Fairfax press. What they omit to say is that Labor, with the support of their ally Christine Milne, would have no need to ask for Coalition support for their Malaysia plan.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...onstructive-20120621-20qyi.html#ixzz1yUB774um
JULIA Gillard faces a barrage of demands to change asylum-seeker policy to avoid further deaths after 90 perished in the latest tragedy.
Hopes fade as search continues at sea
The Prime Minister flies home tomorrow to a border-protection crisis, with her government under attack for paralysis on how to stop boat arrivals.
Ms Gillard has only next week's parliament sitting as a last chance to break a policy deadlock before a two-month break.
Former foreign minister Alexander Downer launched a blistering attack and called for an urgent reinstatement of the Pacific Solution.
"I think what has happened in the past few years is just shameful," he said.
"Labor changed policy for political reasons. They paid an appalling price for changing that policy."
They are after all partners in government and are therefore at the top of the queue when it comes to responsibility for these outcomes. That's along with those spineless independents Oakshott, Windsor and Wilkie.How about a call for Juliar Gilard and Chriistine Milne to solve the boats crisis?
The second comment from that article says it all.
"Former foreign minister Alexander Downer launched a blistering attack and called for an urgent reinstatement of the Pacific Solution." Downer is right, the Pacific Solution did work whether we liked it or not. I feel it should be returned to. It is just sheer bloody mindedness on the part of Julia Gillard and the Labor party that they will not return to it. They will not admit that John Howard was right for fear of making themselves look more foolish than they already are. Labor using politics to play with peoples lives.
Trevor C of Perth Posted at 8:20 AM Today
+1 and for Alexander Downer's comments also.The second comment from that article says it all.
They are after all partners in government and are therefore at the top of the queue when it comes to responsibility for these outcomes. That's along with those spineless independents Oakshott, Windsor and Wilkie.
The Greens of course will never shift as they, more than anyone else, place idiology ahead of the country they are elected to represent and ahead of human lives.
+1 and for Alexander Downer's comments also.
Mr Windsor on ABC Radio yesterday was still managing to blame Tony Abbott.
All down to ALP prevarication.
This never happened under the last Liberal Government.
It is an utter disgrace and all down to Labor.
Poor bastards dying tonight.
gg
The ALP is so ashamed of this critical, tragic turning point in our history, but here's the speech delivered at the Parramatta Town Hall. I read it now, and I weep for the lives that have been lost. Those clinging desperately to the hull of their upturned boat as we speak. Let's forget for the moment whether an Australian official finds them to be a refugee. The reality is most of these lives were bearable from whence they came just a few days ago.
+1 and for Alexander Downer's comments also.
Mr Windsor on ABC Radio yesterday was still managing to blame Tony Abbott.
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