Actually Nuttsie(the name suits you)the policy was a shift to the right away from the left.
They were moving back towards John Howards right winged wdege policies to try to pick up the xenophobes in the marginals of Sydney who mistakely believe we are being swamp by boat people because the ethnic mix of their suburbs has changed.
The fact is the vast majority come on planes as new permanent immigrates.
We invited them in.
Never let the truth stand in the way of a vote winner.
It is sad the ALP had to move so far right to keep that imbicile Abbott out of office.
