In the first place, how do you know how many of those refugees were Muslims ? Secondly I do give credit to the LNP for stopping the boats, but there are also regular migration programs (family reunion etc) that let in people from Muslim countries. I'd like to see some evidence that the Coalition is cracking down on those too.
As for Labor, there are certainly some wets there that need to be dried out, however I don't think that they will completely ignore the lessons from the Coalition's successful anti people smuggler policies. We'll have to wait and see on that as to whether the wets or dries prevail in the Labor party.
The bulk of the 50 thousand boat people who came in under Rudd/Gillard were from Islamic countries - dispute it if you want, but on that point I'm not even going to argue with you.
As for Labor learning anything from the LNP’s success in stopping the boats....hearing Shorten interviewed on this issue gives me far less confidence than you have that Labor would have enough sense to continue with the LNP’s strategy.