refugee camps off mainland australia?

[billy]

we all know that, but it is not really about them. they are chessmen being played out in a political game. we all know it. and are plain sick to death with it. we have had three years of tony abbot on the TV just about every day, snipping and snipping and plainly being one of the nasties men I have ever been forced to look at every day. and its as if he likes ripping the women apart, and this from a failed priest . ity is depressing. It is teaching our children how to be snidey and mental bullies. It is a disgrace that his party member s stand behind him to the end that it will gain them higher employment if his party wins. No it is nothing to do with the homeless. I only hope he suffers the same hell in spades he is placing on this country

i don't know enough about aus politics to know who's who apart from the prime minister. so it's hard for me to comment on that side of things.
i can see the snse in using a place to house illegal immigrants till they get asylum and whether it's off shore or mainland doesn't make a lot of difference from a moral standpoint. not sure of any economic costs but i'm presuming they'll be a large financial gain to it being off shore. i think it all boils down to how humanely they're treated. politics and politicians are dirty, thats a fact proven since time immemorial.