Stopping the boats

[Dubstep Dookie]

has nauru signed the UN protocol?

Yes

[tiga]

has nauru signed the UN protocol?

Yes

Yep that was stitched up some time ago. All they need is some whipper snipping and a coat of paint and they will be ready for arrivals. 

Nauru is a far superior option to Malaysia. 

[one-eyed]

Stick to the topic ppl without the side-commentary of other posters! 

[1965]

All class is our Tony.

 

Abbott under fire for Italian shipwreck joke

Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is under fire after joking about the cruise liner disaster in which at least 11 people died off the Italian coast.

More than 20 people are still missing after the ship ran aground on rocks off the island of Giglio last Friday, and specialist divers are using explosives to blow holes in the hull in a desperate hunt for any survivors.

During an interview on Triple M radio in Adelaide this morning, Mr Abbott made light of the situation.

"This is a bit from left field mate, the captain of the Costa Concordia wants to know if you need any help with your boat policy?" the Triple M announcer said.

"Well, that was one boat that did get stopped, wasn't it," Mr Abbot replied, to laughter.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-20/abbott-in-stop-the-boats-gaffe/3784554

[gerkin greg]

 
what a champ

[Dubstep Dookie]

Another beat up.

If you listen to the tone and context of the Q and A it was all harmless.

[The Big Richo]

It's actually not a bad solution.

Stick some blonde pooty on every boot to distract the captain into crashing.

[mightytiges]

I'm sure the Navy will be rapt about turning unseaworthy ships around. Someone has forgotten about the whole children overboard debacle. In any case Indonesia isn't a signatory of the UN refugee convention so Abbott is willing to send sending asylum seekers to a non-signatory country which conflicts with his position and reasoning for opposing sending asylum seekers to Malaysia. The pollies once again pandering to lowest common denominator.

[1965]

Abbott is losing it.

 

Abbott's 'send boats back' policy under attack at home and abroad
Tom Allard, Jakarta and Kirsty Needham
January 24, 2012.

TONY Abbott's plan to send back all asylum-seeker boats has drawn fire from Indonesia's police as well as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees as dangerous and in breach of international law. The expressions of alarm came a day after The Age reported former Australian Defence Force chief retired admiral Chris Barrie saying it would be close to impossible as well as expensive to send all the boats back.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/abbotts-send-boats-back-policy-under-attack-at-home-and-abroad-20120123-1qe3l.html#ixzz1kJXMxjQS

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/abbotts-send-boats-back-policy-under-attack-at-home-and-abroad-20120123-1qe3l.html#ixzz1kJWvvKAg

[1965]

More Liberal lies.


Coalition's Nauru costings linked to caterer Kirsty Needham
February 7, 2012
 
The Coalition's ''secret'' costings on reopening a cut-price asylum seeker village on Nauru were provided by a logistics company, the Herald has learnt.

Eurest Support Services had the original contract to provide dining services at the Nauru centre run by the Howard government. Its parent company, Compass Group, sent representatives to Nauru last month to work on the Coalition's quote.


The opposition immigration spokesman, Scott Morrison, has claimed Nauru can be reopened and run for a third of the Immigration Department's $2 billion estimate. However, Mr Morrison had refused to identify the company that provided the Coalition's costing of $95 million to build housing for 1350 asylum seekers at an operating cost of $202.5 million a year.

The Coalition's costings contrasted sharply with Immigration Department projections that it would cost $315 million to safely build facilities for 750 people at an operational cost of $400 million a year including access to legal assistance, claims processing, security and a detention company to run the centre.

The Immigration Minister, Chris Bowen, has accused the Coalition of ''dodgy accounting''.


Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/coalitions-nauru-costings-linked-to-caterer-20120206-1r1yl.html#ixzz1lekkgAmQ

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/coalitions-nauru-costings-linked-to-caterer-20120206-1r1yl.html#ixzz1leieaDXm

[FNM]

You can buy any result you want

http://www.theage.com.au/national/lib-policy-costings-exposed-by-ruling-20111130-1o773.html

[1965]

No doubt the Libs are into dodgy costings.

They clearly cannot be trusted.

 

[1965]

Former Immigration head savages Nauru option

 By Samantha Hawley and staff

A former head of the Immigration Department says Tony Abbott's plan to reopen the refugee detention centre on Nauru would be foolish and futile.

During a speech in Sydney last night, John Menadue, a former Immigration Department secretary and a former head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, launched a scathing attack on the Coalition's immigration policies.

He said re-opening the detention centre on Nauru would be too expensive.

"Under the Howard government it didn't work, and will not work again in the future," he said.

"It's just futile in my view to continue ... with one-liners and slogans about Nauru.

"The Opposition has this phobia about boats. Seventy-six per cent of asylum seekers in the last decade came by air."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-07/former-immigration-head-launches-attack-on-opposition/3873008

[10 FLAGS]

Tony Abbot has the wrong idea on how to stop boats, what we should do is place some frigates out at sea and everytime we see these bludgers coming our way we should just sink the bastards.

[Loui Tufga]

Tony Abbot has the wrong idea on how to stop boats, what we should do is place some frigates out at sea and everytime we see these bludgers coming our way we should just sink the bastards.

Agree! They can clean up the illegal fisherman while there at it two birds one stone