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If they don't want your business, go somewhere else.

But these economic asylum seekers don't have passports or id they claim? [most of them do although destroy it before they reach Australia] How would they ever be allowed to board a plane?

Would cost a lot.

What are you doing your Masters in?

Better not tell Wayne Swan then.

Escort.

What year are we talking here?

Never even heard of it, so no, don't remember it.

No correlations can be drawn from those statistics. If you are doing so then you are wrong.

I'm not convinced the good times were all due to Howard, although Abbott certainly shown he deserves the prime ministership.

Australia won't be prosperous always, it is only China and the mining boom keeping us afloat at the moment. Once China slows down we are in for a rocky road.

Not practical.

So what is everyone else's solution then?

I don't care they are Muslim. If it was boats from China or North Korea or Argentina my opinion that the boats would need to be stopped would not change. The costs to Australia make it a problem.

5 years then deportation.

It is the Indonesians problem; they need to take responsibility for it and stop the boats departing from their country. Any boat person (regardless of whether they are a member of crew of a passenger) that has to be intercepted in Australian waters Australia should be charged with maritime...

I don't see why it wouldn't work. Until it is tested you can't say it won't work.

Turn the boats back towards Indonesia. Those who don't turn back and breach Australian waters shall be boarded by the Navy, all on board arrested and then delivered back to the nearest Indonesian port.

The consulate only rents one story (the ground floor) of the building (which is 3/4 stories high) and only have 10 small rooms in total. The diplomatic bag would be the best way.

According to the Minister Jason Clare, all boat arrivals after the 13th of August would be sent to Naru. Since the 13th of August that has been 466 (in 8 boats) as of Thursday evening (stats do not include any that may have arrived yesterday; http://bit.ly/StOXsm). Naru (once it is restored) is...