The quiet before the storm

The Australian, 16 December 2010

There is nothing more divisive in Australia than the way we treat refugees who come here in boats, so you’d hope that a tragedy like yesterday’s might result in a more thoughtful debate on the topic than we’ve seen so far. Of course, we all know that’s not going to happen, so good on our politicians for at least keeping it to themselves for a short period of time before the political point scoring begins.

Posted in general bollocks.

One Comment

  1. There should be ‘the mother of all enquiries’into this unbelievable tragedy. Where was our surveillance?

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