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Never mind TC, we all know fingers in ears does not work long term.
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And it was Morrison who delivered on the promise of cruelty. This sat oddly with his avowed religious views, and his maiden speech in Parliament, delivered on February 14, 2008.
Among other things, he said: "I turn now to the most significant influences on my life ? my family and my faith. Family is the stuff of life and there is nothing more precious ... For me, faith is personal, but the implications are social ? as personal and social responsibility are at the heart of the Christian message ..."
He drew on the example of William Wilberforce (the great English anti-slavery campaigner). He quoted Desmond Tutu as saying: "we expect Christians ... to be those who stand up for the truth, to stand up for justice, to stand on the side of the poor and the hungry, the homeless and the naked" and was inspired to add: "These are my principles."
It is lucky he identified his principles so clearly, because no one would be able to discover them by watching his behaviour as immigration minister.
As minister, Morrison was more concerned to ensure boat people were treated so harshly that the prospect of being locked up in Manus or Nauru would act as a "deterrent": it had to look more alarming than the risk of dying on the sea in the attempt to reach safety. He was responsible for holding more children in detention than any previous government. He presided over a system that was calculated to humiliate, degrade, damage and break people. And, worse than all that, Morrison deceived us into thinking that all this was being done for the benefit of the Australian public.
Morrison's conduct as immigration minister is impossible to reconcile with his stated Christian beliefs. He visited the detention centre at Manus Island on September 26, 2013, and delivered a clear message that the transferees would remain at the centre until they went home or resettled in a country other than Australia. This stands awkwardly alongside a passage from Matthew 25:35: "For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me", a message at the heart of the Christian teaching he claims to embrace.
All things considered, the immigration portfolio will improve by losing Morrison, who has shown himself to be a hypocrite, willing to harm innocent people for political purposes.
It will be interesting to see how much damage he can do to pensioners.
Never mind TC, we all know fingers in ears does not work long term.
Article in The Age today by Julian Burnside, QC
"Scott Morrison's calculated cruelty is his legacy"
"He proved to be a callous Immigration Minister, yet he is given another portfolio that requires compassion".
Julian Burnside is a barrister and a human rights advocate.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/sc...ed-cruelty-is-his-legacy-20141222-12c05g.html
Indeed. Someone should mention that to the Liberal party room. There have been 15 consecutive Newspolls now with a two party preferred lead to Labor and the gap keeps getting bigger (45:55 right now). Shorten leading Abbott as preferred PM by an even greater difference (43:33 from memory).
Singing la la la with fingers in the ears is not the right answer...
So what would you have done Beanie Girl? Just opened the flood gates I suppose? Fly em in from Indonesia? Fly em in from Afganistan and Iraq and Iran? Tell us what you'd have done?
See ya's.
Do what is best for the country not what is best for the polls. This is australia not a reality tv show
Heard of shades of grey or is it all black and white in your world? Disagreeing with Scott Morrison means advocating opening the floodgates and flying pepple in from Afghanistan etc? Really?
Sit back and think of how silly that sounds
So I take it then that you were happy with all the deaths from boats sinking? Morrison stopped the boats. How do you stop these deaths without flying the queue jumpers in then? Tell me?
See ya's.
So what would you have done Beanie Girl? Just opened the flood gates I suppose? Fly em in from Indonesia? Fly em in from Afganistan and Iraq and Iran? Tell us what you'd have done?
Do what is best for the country not what is best for the polls. This is australia not a reality tv show
Yes, I was clearly happy with people dying at sea, this is as plainly obvious as your intellect
Which promises has he broken?
try to fix up the crap economy he was handed, still in progress