the lefties simply want the boats to keep coming - so at any opportunity attack the government and their succesful policies.
onshore processing will simply attract the boats again - because once in australia, virtually no one will be sent a way.
gillards pacific solution, which included "no advantage" never stopped the boats - indeed the boats could not get here fast enough. press releases which announced the arrival of each boat, usually ended with "the people may be sent to manus or nauru" - when the reality is, that very few were sent to nauru, or manus - and people were put out into the community - not much chance of ever sending any of them back
