Straight talking on boat people
When 774 ABC Melbourne’s Jon Faine took a call from “Dave of Woodend” this morning, he got the the kind of straight talking on boat people that many Australians have been waiting to hear from their elected representatives.
“I’m just thinking about this immigration racket,” he said.
“It’s not a policy, it’s a racket. And the cause of it is this spineless government that we’ve got.
“There’s two choices that you give these people on the boat.
“One is you get off and get processed. If you don’t want to do that then we will return you from whence you came.
“If you had any spine as a government, and acted in the national interest of this country, that’s what you would do. You wouldn’t let lefties like [Finance Minister Lindsay]Tanner and his mob in the Labor Party white ant,” Dave said.
Jon Faine put one of his stock responses to Dave:
“Do you believe in the United Nations convention on refugees?’ Faine asked.
“No, I don’t believe in the UN. I think it’s a lefty jig, a travelling cocktail party – that’s what I think the UN is,” Dave said.
When Faine pointed out that Australia was a signatory to the UN treaty and obliged to uphold its procedures, Dave wasn’t fazed.
“Okay, well, there’s the procedure. They get off and get processed, okay? That’s the procedure.”
