Bloody Boat People!

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http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/national/kevin-rudd-admits-at-oxford-university-that-the-hardline-asylum-seeker-policy-labor-took-was-not-a-perfect-answer/story-fnjbnxug-1226842790883


KEVIN Rudd has admitted the hard-line asylum seeker policy Labor implemented in mid-2013 was "not a perfect answer'' but says his government was facing a practical, moral and political dilemma. 
 
The now retired Mr Rudd delivered a lecture titled "On Politics'' at Oxford University last night.

The former prime minister urged 300 students who he said would become future world leaders to meet five challenges.

He asked them to preserve peace, fight for liberty, work for inclusive capitalism, face the rise of China and take seriously the "gargantuan challenge'' of climate change.

A student subsequently asked if his policy of turning away asylum seekers was consistent with his advice to always pursue peace and liberty.

As prime minister in July 2013, Mr Rudd unveiled his so-called PNG solution.

Under the policy, continued by Tony Abbott's government, Australia no longer accepts any asylum seekers arriving by boat and instead sends them to PNG for processing and possible resettlement.

Mr Rudd acknowledged the policy was controversial but said it was implemented in the context of 12 million refugees languishing in camps around the world, with another 40 million people internally displaced.

He insisted Australia was the third most generous country when it came to resettling UNHCR refugees behind the United States and Canada.

Mr Rudd said "a large slice'' of people arriving by boat weren't genuine asylum seekers.

"Where it got to by the end of 2013 was the number of folks coming by boat was overwhelming the whole (Australian) refugee intake,'' he said at the prestigious Oxford Union.

'The lesson that sent out to people smugglers was 'You come by boat, we'll get you there quickly (but) if you stay in a camp somewhere around the world, in some hellhole, you're never going to get anywhere'.''

Mr Rudd said Labor was facing a "practical, moral and political dilemma''.

"It's not a perfect answer,'' he admitted of the ALP policy, before adding all the facts had to be considered before judging if it was right or wrong.

Iranian man Reza Berati, 23, died at the Manus Island detention centre in mid-February following a riot.

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Iranian man Reza Berati, 23, died at the Manus Island detention centre in mid-February following a riot.

Good!

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... and weren't these Arabs such lovely people in the detention camp? They told the people in Manus Island that if they got out they'd go rape their mums and sisters! Then they proceeded to do what they only know how to do , adorn masks and riot and cause some strife.. and .. OH NO!  :'( ONE MUD GETS KILELD AND THEN THE "DO -GOODER PARADE" COME OUT AND HAVE A "HUG A LEB DAY". Honestly I don't know what is wrong with some people!



WOULDN'T YOU JUST LOVE TO P1SS THE CANDLES OUT AND ON THAT UGLY , CAMEL FACED CLOWN'S FACE? should BE A COMMUNINTY SERVICE TO GET RID OF CLOWNS LIKE THAT!

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http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/national/asylum-seeker-handouts-scrapped-australian-taxpayers-to-save-25-million-a-year/story-fnjbnxug-1226869251116

TAXPAYERS will save $25 million a year after the Abbott government today scraps free immigration assistance to ­asylum seekers. 
 
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison last night said Australia's protection obligations did not extend to providing free immigration help to those who arrived in Australia ­illegally. He said, as promised before the election, that from today, people who arrived illegally by boat or air would no longer be helped through the Immigration Advice and Application Assistance Scheme.

But he said the withdrawal of the taxpayer help would not prevent people receiving legal assistance, saying those who wished to provide immigration advice and application assistance pro bono were free to do so.

The government continues to roll out its Operation ­Sovereign Borders suite of policies after notching at the weekend 100 days without a successful people smuggling venture making it to Australia. The government expects the withdrawal of the free assistance will save the budget $100 million over four years.

''If people choose to violate how Australia chooses to run our refugee and humanitarian program, they should not presume upon the support and assistance that is provided to those who seek to come the right way, and they should certainly not receive additional assistance, as they did under the previous government,'' Mr Morrison said.

''Services that have commenced will be ­completed, but the IAAAS will not continue for any additional part of the process that would incur an additional fee.''


At least some good news!

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http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/world/australia-grim-senator-tells-nz-greens/story-fnjbnxon-1226938182500


AUSTRALIAN Greens senator Scott Ludlam has given the New Zealand Green Party's annual conference a grim account of life in his country under Tony Abbott's government. 
 
"I didn't come here for sympathy, but things are in a pretty bad way," Senator Ludlam said.

"Unfortunately, what you're hearing about Australia in the media is true."

The Western Australia Greens senator was guest speaker at the conference on Saturday, and was introduced as a hero.

He told 160 delegates the Australian government had cancelled funding for public transport projects, gutted funding for Aboriginal services and abandoned all the progress that had been made to achieve a clean energy economy.

"Immigration policy is toxic," he said.

"There are huge housing problems in Australia - and the government's answer to that is to blame families from Sri Lanka."

Senator Ludlam said the Australian Labor Party was floundering and divided, and he had some advice for his New Zealand brethren: "Try to pick a coalition partner that isn't entirely dysfunctional."

Well try and find some Greens that aren't dysfunctional!  they sure messed Australia up with Labor. Besides they are pro homo, have a fag as a leader!
Australia does have a housing problem and .. most people don't want boaties nicking our houses up!

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http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/national/asylum-seekers-yet-to-land-at-curtin/story-fnjbnvyj-1227003256927


A GROUP of 157 asylum seekers detained at sea for weeks on a Customs ship has landed at Cocos Island and could arrive on the Australian mainland within hours, refugee advocates say. 
 
THE Refugee Action Coalition says the asylum seekers were seen disembarking at 2pm (AEST) on Sunday.
They were headed to the island's airport from where they will be flown to Curtin detention centre in Western Australia.
"There's no schedule, but given the lack of facilities on Cocos Island, they will probably try and get them on a plane soon - not everybody by today, but most," spokesman Ian Rintoul told AAP.
The federal government is not confirming the movements.
The group of 157, including children, has been detained at sea since their boat was intercepted 27km from Christmas Island on July 7.
After arriving at Curtin, they will undergo identity checks by Indian consular officials.
India has agreed to take back its citizens and will consider taking Sri Lankan nationals who are Indian residents.
Australian Greens say the group has a legal right to apply for asylum in Australia.
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young is travelling to Curtin in the next few days to inquire on the children's welfare and to brief the asylum seekers of their rights.
"Just because (Prime Minister) Tony Abbott wants to trade in their lives, doesn't make it legal," she told reporters in Adelaide on Sunday.
Mr Abbott has said the handling of the asylum seekers is not illegal and in accordance with Australia's international obligations.
But he stressed they could never call Australia home because they did not come the "right way".
The decision to bring the group to land pre-empts a High Court challenge against their detention at sea.