Immigration Minister Peter Dutton vows baby Asha will be returned to Nauru

Posted to The Age (21/2/2016) on 21/2/2016 at 12:27 PM
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I get most annoyed, probably many share my same sentiment, about queue jumpers at supermarket, ticket counter, bus stop, etc. Small matter like this gets my temperature rise. They are many well behaved refugees or "asylum seekers" patiently waiting for their turn to have their application processed, just like well behaved people queuing for their turn to be served.

If the baby is allowed to stay, what about the mother, and the immediate family? If the rest not are allowed to come and stay here, will this separation lead to a case of say a "stolen child" (as opposed to stolen generation) in the future? Is she a ward of the state or a foster child in some good Samaritan's family? Who is that kind to foot the bill to raise this child? I doubt the loud mouth do-gooders will have a bar digging into their pockets to chip in a dollar or two; even if they do, for how long?

I am supportive of the minister's action of putting his foot down. Due to his not listening to the loud voice of the demonstrators and do-gooders, he deserves my writing this comment to compliment him. If he or any minister is lenient and bends rules just to get popularity votes, our laws will soon be worse than a block of Swiss cheese. as soon as practicable.

Right has twigged that Abbott may be on shaky ground

Posted to The Age (24/7/2913) on 24/7/2013 at 2:25 PM
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Only if Tony Abbott was more specific with his policies, he could still win brownie points even Julia Gillard or Kevin Rudd copied his ideas, because he originated them. Undoubtedly, anyone can copy an idea which has not been copyrighted.

The asylum seekers or boat people problems cannot be solved by transferring them to another island. The only way is to stop them from leaving the source. If they have entered the Australian water, they need to be expelled by whatever means possible. Asylum seekers, by boat or plane without a legal visa should not be granted asylum.

For those who have reached the shore on whatever designated place, not only they have to be detained in isolation, but also work for their livelihood. There is a twist here though. They have to learn to improve the living condition using their skills such as maintaining the dwelling and surrounding, growing food, teaching, sewing, security, etc.

These detained people are not animals in a zoo. Many have talents that can be tapped, while others have strengths to work on the land or construction. Locking them up is purposeless and waste of taxpayers' money. They will eventually become inapt physically and mentally. When the scale is tipped over like the recent event, they lashed out and revealed their destructive behaviour causing untold cost to property and morale.

In regards to creating employment, no one has ever identify what specific areas or industries can offer employment the willing workers. Paper qualification, encouraged by Paul Keating, helps create the smart dough queue. What most people fail to realise is that Australia do not have the many high end industries to absorb all the university graduates. In the meantime, ordinary Australians keep paying high price to tradespeople, and worse still, the unqualified fly-by-nighters to build houses or fix up problems around the house.

Don't let political opportunism hide an idea that may work

Posted toThe Age (23/7/2013) on 23/9/2013 at 10:29 AM
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Another policy on the run by Labor. This is a band aid approach by Kevin Rudd, trying to clear the deck for an early election. This is no difference from having the asylum seekers kept in Malaysia, passing buck to another neighbour to do the dirty job, except that PNG is a UN signatory.

Ethically and morally this is very wrong to hand the boat people to PNG's hell hole where women and children will be abused in greater number and frequency. I can bet my bottom dollar that Kevin Rudd will shed his crocodile tears saying "sorry" again, meaninglessly. I want to state this very clearly that it will be over my dead body to to allow him to say "sorry on behalf of the people of Australia" because he is the one and only culprit, and his action causes it.

Numbers don't lie, PNG solution flawed

Posted toThe Age (19/7/2013) on 19/9/2013 at 10:24 PM
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Another policy on the run by Labor. This is a band aid approach by Kevin Rudd, trying to clear the deck for an early election. This is no difference from having the asylum seekers kept in Malaysia, passing buck to another neighbour to do the dirty job, except that PNG is a UN signatory.

Ethically and morally this is very wrong to hand the boat people to PNG's hell hole where women and children will be abused in greater number and frequency. I can bet my bottom dollar that Kevin Rudd will shed his crocodile tears saying "sorry" again, meaninglessly. I want to state this very clearly that it will be over my dead body to to allow him to say "sorry on behalf of the people of Australia" because he is the one and only culprit, and his action causes it.

Farewell to good times, something's gotta give

Posted to The Age (24/3/2013) on 24/4/2013 at 9:25 AM
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Debt is NOT good if it has to be repaid by another form of debt. If debt is spent on expenses for non-income production or items with no capital or financial growth, the borrower is doomed for painful death.

Labor has time and again failed us and squandered all the money saved up for rainy days. Many ordinary Australians have learnt lessons from the GFC that they must not spend beyond their means, and banks are piling up with savings from depositors.

If we continue to bury our heads in the sand like an ostrich (or Australian emu) believing that this is a lucky country, a term coined by Dorna Horne, we are total idiots. In fact, Donald Horne wrote "Australia is a lucky country, run by second-rate people who share its luck".

A lot of prime rural land, and prestige development sites (with or without buildings) have been sold as freehold to foreigners. What this means is that Australia is occupied by foreigners without invasion or bloodshed. Instead of holding a trump card of owning productive farmland supplying food globally, we shall be dictated by foreigners.

What do we do with all the refugees locked up somewhere in far-away land? Shouldn't they be trained or utilized to develop the place they are living in, or even turn it into a tourist destination?

Our education system is up the Khyber. Buildings, furniture, sports facilities are not factors that produce top students, or equip the students with knowledge to become better citizens and leaders. The system fails because the way education being delivered is wrong, and needs to be revamped. The experts overestimate the capability of many, and hold back many good ones too.

Asylum seeker bill up $1.3 billion (Post 2 of 2)

Posted to Adelaide Now (30/11/2011) on 30/11/2011 at 11:11 AM
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I would like to seek asylum from the Australian Government on humanitarian grounds. I have been tortured mentally by financially inept, dictatorial fibbers each day....

Asylum seeker bill up $1.3 billion (Post 1 of 2)

Posted to Adelaide Now (30/11/2011) on 30/11/2011 at 4:23 AM
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Please lock up Julia Gillard and her troop in the detention camp and throw away the key in the South China Sea off Malaysia. While they are in the camp, make sure they study mathematics to improve their numeracy skill. BTW, by putting that "slippery" guy with them will save $1.75 million of travel expenses a year. Why? Don't forget Kevin Rudd will not be travelling if he is in the camp with them!

Uncertain week as Gillard awaits Rudd's next move

Posted to The Age (10/10/2011) on 10/10/2011 at 10:20 AM
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We, ordinary Australians, are just no body in the eyes of these clowns. If they can knife each other, what can't they do to us? Even if the Malaysia people swap legislation is passed, it is not the solution to settle the Gillardic Battle with Killer Rudd.

Kids at Port Augusta Residential Housing Facility pleads for freedom

Posted to Herald Sun (12/9/2011) on12/9/2011 at 11:15 AM (Not published byNespaper)
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Are we going to learn from the past about stolen generation? If children of illegal asylum seeker parents are sent back to the refugee camps of origin, and Australia accept the children in good faith, in decades to come, the story can be so distorted that they become the stolen generation Mk II. Who will be the twit (or Australia’s King of Twitter) to apologise next?

Asylum seekers, carbon tax legislation on table for Julia Gillard

Posted to Herald Sun(12/9/2011) on 12/9/2011 at 1:56 AM
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Rudd started the mess, Gillard only made it bigger! Rudd did some seemingly palatable things to Australian voters, until he was dropped from the "flavour of the month" list. Gillard is getting from bad to worse, behaving like a spoilt brat and wanting to interfere with the separation of powers between the Executive and Judiciary.

Kyoto Protocol is a formality that will become empty promises. Many European countries' carbon emission has been reduced NOT because of their conscious effort to do so, but their manufacturing industries have gone south (or to China precisely). This leads to drastic reduction of power consumption and in the meantime less output of carbon dioxide.

An apology to Indigenous Australian will not make their livelihood improved. Once precedence is set, in decades to come, future Government will have to apologise to "stolen" children of illegal asylum seekers whose parents were sent back to refugee camps, say in Malaysia.

WorkChoices was the key issue that brought down the previous Liberal Government. History will tell whether the people of Australia had made the right choice, by electing Rudd for dismantling it. There are already signs that wage breakout and strikes returning to Australia sooner than expected.

The Iraqi War was a war that should not have taken place at all. The real evils of axes were the two George Bushes and their Administration under their command. The Americans did not want their sons and daughters to fight in the unjust war, and why should Australia follow? The WMD turned out to be Worldwide Mass Deception. On one hand, Rudd recalled the combat personnel from Iraq, and on the other hand he sent troops to Afghanistan.

The stimulus package meant to prevent Australia falling into the cracks of GFC benefited overseas manufacturers of flat screen televisions and outbound overseas tourism. The effective impact was minimal and lasted for about two months. Without the package, Australia would not have sunken; it would be better off to use the money for future rainy days or tempests.

Gillard Government's 'Malaysia solution' in turmoil

Posted to Herald Sun (9/8/2011) on 9/8/2011 2:24 AM
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That's interesting, aren't the asylum seekers from Pakistan and Afghanistan Muslims? The fear of being arrested due to their religious beliefs is totally ill-founded and nonsensical. Malaysia is a Muslim country!

This is another boo-boo by Julia Gillard!

Doubts emerge over asylum-seekers' ages

Posted to The Australian (5/8/2011) on 5/8/2011 at 11:36 PM
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Get real Gillard, are you going to put the footage on YouTube? What a joke! Do you think that internet and computers are available in the detention camp in Malaysia? It is not a 4-star hotel where free wifi or free use of computers can be found at the lobby.

First boatload to be sent to Malaysia

Posted to The Age (31/7/2011) on 31/7/2011 at 12:14 PM
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Posted to Herald Sun (31/7/2011) on 31/7/2011 at 12:28 PM (Not published by Newspaper)
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Let's look at this hypothetical situation. The country-you-know-where puts on a boat some so called illegal asylum seekers who are in fact paid dummies to have a free boat ride (holiday) to Australia. Upon arrival, they get a dream-come-true free plane ride back to the country-you-know-where, courtesy of Australia taxpayers. What does Julia Gillard do to reward the ingenious crooks who thought of the scheme? With Australian taxpayers' money of course! The process is repeated until Australia has reached a quota of accepting 4000 bona fide refugees. What's next? The genuine illegal asylum seekers will be on the way to Australia.

Asylum seekers pretending to be teenagers for faster processing

Posted to Herald Sun (16/5/2011) at 16/5/2011 at 12:58 AM
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Get real Pamela Curr, what a load of hogwash. We might as well send out radio signals to outer space and invite aliens to live in Australia! All the bleeding hearts, why don't you let them live in your own homes!

Thailand 'interested' in asylum seeker swap deal with Australia

Posted to Herald Sun (15/5/2011) on 15/5/2011 at 12:31 PM
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Everyone country under the sun will be sending refugees to Australia and wait to claim a reward! Our Kiwi friends, easy money can be made here, what are you waiting for?


Posted to Herald Sun (15/5/2011) on 15/5/2011 at 4:28 PM
With such great deal, which country does not want a slice of action?