Mike, we both know that the proposed off-shore detention would quickly be overwhelmed and labor's will broken again, if the boats weren't turned back. And the refurbished life boats was the icing on the cake. They were expensive but we have only used four. YEA!!!
A boatload of tired, dirty, seasick would-be reffs, back among their peers tells an infinitely stronger story than a second-hand story that they were in PNG. The smugglers can spin and lie about that but there is nothing they can say about dissatisfied clients wanting their money back in Indonesia.
