Protest against Rudd’s soft touch on border protection
It seems as if the Australian Greens and their leader Bob Brown are now the arbiters of what we can and can’t debate when it comes to public policy in Australia. [...]
Tag: "illegal immigration"
Nov 10, 2009 | 112 comments View Post
The asylum seeker issue says a lot about what passes for debate in Rudd’s Australia
Let me be sure I understand this properly. The flood of boat people from south Asia continues, with yet another vessel carrying 32 people intercepted by the Navy near Christmas Island this morning. [...]
Oct 24, 2009 | 11 comments View Post
Arsonist immigrants should be deported
The Australian Protectionist Party today condemned the recent declaration by the government of its plan to release into the community the illegal immigrants responsible for setting fire to their boat during their attempt to enter Australia illegally. [...]
Oct 16, 2009 | 19 comments View Post
Tough on illegals? Who’s he trying to kid?
Kevin Rudd unwinds the Howard Government’s tough but highly successful measures against boat people and almost two thousand illegal immigrants find their way onto Australian territory. [...]
Oct 14, 2009 | 7 comments View Post
Come on down! The party is in Australia.
Another day, another boat load of illegal immigrants. Just prior to the last federal election, Rudd made some tough sounding statements in regards to illegal boat people saying he would ‘turn them back.’ [...]
Sep 18, 2009 | 5 comments View Post
Gillard can’t be trusted on border protection
Julia Gillard cannot be trusted on border protection, despite flagging a new “tougher” approach. By her own admission, Gillard was the architect of Labor’s failed policy which has seen more than 4,000 queue-jumpers arrive illegally since 2008. Back in the 2007 election, Gillard said this: “That’s actually the policy I wrote in 2002. I was [...]