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[dreamer_easy]

Asylum seekers to be released into community after health, identity, and security checks, with the proviso that they report in regularly. It's like a cable from Planet Common Sense.

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[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Holy Hathor!

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

Now all we need is to start boating the poor devils over here ourselves, so they don't end up at the bottom of the Indian Ocean.

[reynardo.livejournal.com]

Holy sweet Frith on a stick.

Wow.

Spreading the word. Yay. Thank you for that.

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

Woot!!

[hiraethin.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Should have checked the headlines this morning.

I agree that this is the policy that should have been implemented in the first place.

I predict that the Opposition will smear the Government as having surrendered; that a spike in maritime arrivals will follow; and that the Opposition will use the spike to make the Government bleed. That doesn't bear on the ethics of the policy, merely on its political cost, particularly with what has led up to this moment.

I do not predict Australia disappearing under a wave of asylum seekers; but you'll be hearing a lot more about it in the media.

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

Reactions and a few more details this morning. I expect Julia and Tony will continue to blame each other for everything!