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At what cost? Ok he has stop the boats but do you know that these life boats that they using is costing us 7.5 million?

Yep believe it or not here is the article from .....lol




Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/cost-of-abbott-governments-orange-lifeboats-to-tow-back-asylum-seeker-trebles-to-75-million-20140320-355ci.html#ixzz2wZoPceLs


The Abbott government has tripled the amount of money spent on the large orange lifeboats used to tow back asylum seekers breaching Australian waters to Indonesia to $7.5 million as part of its tough border control policy.
The figure, to be revealed at an estimates hearing on Friday, is $5 million more than the initial $2.5 million allocated to purchase lifeboats in January.
It is believed each lifeboat costs about $200,000, which means the lifeboat fleet has increased from 12 boats to about 37 boats, each of which are only used once.
According to documents obtained by Fairfax Media $5.7 million will also be spent on an Australian Maritime Identification System, intelligence gathering technology that aims to locate ''security threats'' on the water before they reach Australian shores.
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The documents, which will be presented to an estimates committee on Friday in Canberra, also show the cost of extending naval vessel, the Triton, for six months is $16.8 million, while the cost of increasing the contract for the armed patrol vessel, the Ocean Protector is $25 million.
This latest announcement comes as the cost of running Operation Sovereign Borders continues to dominate discussion around Australia's immigration policies.