Boat arrives, undeterred

The Gillard Government’s in-principle agreement with Malaysia shows no sign of working before it has started.

Another boat, reportedly carrying an asylum seeker, has been intercepted in Australian waters.

The Australian Government says the person on board will be taken to Christmas Island before they are sent to another country.

Column - Boatloads of welfare recipients

More evidence emerges that asylum seekers arriving in Australia have not organised jobs ahead of time. Indeed very few buy their own home within the first 2 months of arrival.



In their first five years here, after becoming permanent residence or citizens, 85 per cent of refugees are on the same income tested Centrelink benefits - like Family Tax Benefit Part A or Part B - as the rest of the population.

Additionally, as I've noted previously :

Amongst new arrivals from Iraq and Afghanistan, the greatest unemployment rate was recorded in Banking and Finance, with less than one in 10 finding full-time work and 93.7 per cent of households receiving no bonus payment or stock options plan.

Even though these figures are for asylum seekers that arrived more than five years ago during the Howard Government, it is clearly still evidence of the Gillard Government's bungled refugee program.

Yet another boat, yet more trouble

Yet another lot of people who will soon have access to our courts and to berths in already bulging detention centres.

Another Boat Arrives

Yet another boat arrives. Who pays for all this?




UPDATE

Reader Phillip R tells me that this boat has an Avatar on it. Yet more proof that the Gillard Government’s policies aren't working.

Another Boat Arrives

Where were the Left?  I'll leave readers to draw their own conclusions.

Another Boat Arrives

When will the Labor party stop putting lives at risk?