It is not hard, anyone could do it. It is all about assigning a score to cards and then from seeing what is turned over evaluating the score and working out whether the pack is now in your favor or against your favor.
Labor can't win on the current asylum seeker issue. if they do nothing they are blamed for all the boats and costs. Once they try to do something that may be effective they hurt the left of the Labor party and lose favour with them. The best thing Labor could do would be to give-in to Abbott and...
Cheaper? Not exactly sure although it likely is.
More humane? I would say it is the same to be honest. Naru won't be any Guantunamo by any means.
Better? Why is it better? the whole idea of offshore processing is that it is a further deterrent.
Do I think it will work? No. The new policies...
Sure, although they should pay the Australian government back (how I don't know) as it is costing us billions ( in total) to process their (now found to be illegitimate) claims.
It just keeps getting worse and worse for the Gillard government... what happens once the 2100 sleeping spaces in tents are full... just go to Bunnings buy 500 more tents and send them over to Naru on a Hercules aeroplane...