No mention of the lack of support in the Senate to rectify the problem, and no mention of Abbott megaphoning the welcoming mat out to the people smugglers (right up until he became PM, at which point it was suddenly an operational matter and needed to be kept quiet).
Anyway, if you are interested in the drowning statistics, go to the link below. It is worth mentioning that if the Senate had of supported the government after the High court decision, the lives of over 1,200 people may have been saved.
Prior to the High Court decision the death count stood at:-
81 confirmed (31 under Rudd, 50 under Gillard)
214 probable (117 under Rudd, 97 under Gillard)
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Note: 359 confirmed and 5 probable under Howard.)
http://sievx.com/articles/background/DrowningsTable.pdf
