Hi, the latest news and Tony Abbott is dismantling what Australians stand or stood for for 200 years, lending a helping hand to others, and more importantly, be fair. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...-inquiry-for-manus-island-20140322-35a6e.html Now as we are entering the dark era, would it be fair to compare Abbott's (happy AM?) to the likes like of Stalin, Hitler or in a milder way Putin or George G. Bush? I mean he certainly has outperformed John Howard in the matter of some months. Never before had the world such an negative impression of Australia than now. Shame on him, regards
It is despicable. We already deny the human rights of asylum seekers and have been doing that a long time - but this move ratchets it up to even greater despicable heights. Reza Berati thrown off a balcony before being beaten to death by multiple blows to the head. A matter of a human rights inquiry? No, not according to the anti-human rights brigade led by Abbott. Despicable.
No Abbott has the right, read what AM and Garry say, they speak the truth, the truth according to Abbott, slightly twisted, and devoid of reality.
He also backed Mr O'Neill's pre-emptive assessment that most of the asylum seekers interviewed so far were not "genuine referees" but "economic migrants". "There's a lot that we've seen which justifies that suspicion," he told reporters on Saturday, citing the opinion of former Labor foreign minister Bob Carr that "the vast majority" of those coming by boat were not in genuine fear of persecution if they remained in their homelands. That's what I have been saying all along and it is what is so self evident to most other people. They want to emmigrate to Australia but they try and circumvent the immigration system by pretending they are refugees and gain immediate access to our generous welfare system which by the way also includes free legal representation, something most Australians cannot get. The coalition government is doing the right thing by stopping these back door gate crashers.
ENTERING THE DARK ERA!!!! OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH!!! Compare Tony Abbott to Stalin and Hitler? ah aha ah ah ah ah har har har!!!! I have never heard anything so ridiculous in my life!
This is typical government nonsense. Before the boat people it was the terrorists. Before the terrorists it was the Aboriginals. Government needs a scapegoat to blame all their problems on. The boat people issue is a complete farce: they comprise an insignificant portion of both immigrants and asylum seekers. Immigration is one of those issues the two parties have designated as an arena of battle. They constantly give each other (*)(*)(*)(*) over their immigration policies, but really have no interest in fixing any fictional problem. Who else could they blame job losses on? Foreign investment, how scary! The destruction of Australian culture! All sensationalist nonsense. The issue will persist until they can find a more effective scapegoat, like Middle Easterners following the Bali bombings, or Aboriginals early on.
Well, literalist interpretations of the constitution by the High Court have lead to an increase in federal powers and a weakening of state power. I doubt it will ever get to the point of totalitarianism but it is a trend that is slightly concerning for Australian federalism.
But has at times given the people more power, such as implying that there's a freedom of political speech.......... which Howard tried to overturn with his Anti sedition laws.
