"Anyone with the slightest knowledge of the Howard era as PM, knows that the number of illegals actualy arriving in OZ plummeted during the latter part of Howards' time as PM."
Yes they did , they also plummeted in the region and plummeted world wide.
That the facts , it does take much to work out Howard got lucky and his policies actually done very little to change the numbers in reality.
The Coalition knows this , the Government knows this and the immigration department is very aware of it.
Like you said diligent.
"As they say 'You can fool SOME of the people some of the time, but you can't fool ALL of the people all of the time'."
Time for the Coalition to tell the truth on this matter and time for both sides to stop playing the politics of fear on this issue so we can get back to a bipartisan solution that is in the best interest of the country.
