TONY Abbott has outright dismissed the Federal Government’s plea for compromise on asylum-seeker policy, a move described by Labor as “cheap and cynical“.
If you wish to know the meaning of cheap and cynical the person to ask is, of course, Mr. Wilkie. For the opposition to clear the “Malaysia Solution” on the notion that at some later date Labor will keep a promise to look at Nauru and temporary protection visas would be foolish. They could, like Mr. Wilkie, end up looking like well-meaning jellyfish.
It’s worth remembering that the Howard solution worked, that the Malaysian solution is for just 800 people (smuggled people are currently arriving at about 800 per month) and that the High Court have already ruled against it.
And anyway when did Labor last keep a promise?
bobmcgee 