Tampa II ?

Just when you thought it was safe to throw your children back in the water a lone boatload of 16 asylum seekers has sunk off NW Australia.

Independent candidate for Gilmore, Of None asks, “Could this be a Tampa Mk II situation all over again, with the PM and local Liberal pollies spruiking the “We’ll decide who’ll come here….” line to great effect.”

“Or have we, as a nation, grown up just that little bit in the last few years to the extent that we are a more compassionate people, willing to accept our share of the worldwide refugee problem that in some cases, such as for those refugees from Iraq and Afghanistan, we helped create.”

Mr. None muses that perhaps someone is testing us.

“Perhaps it’s fitting that this situation has occurred on the eve of the election. We all need the limits of our tolerance and compassion tested from time to time, he said”.

“On Saturday we might find out what sort of nation we are.”