When the facts change I change my mind. What do you do, Sir?
John Maynard Keynes
Last weekend perhaps 200 asylum seekers bound for
Australia perished off the coast of Java. No one can now pretend that
spontaneous asylum seeker boat arrivals do not carry grave risks. A
national search for a new solution to the problem can no longer be
postponed.
One difficulty here is political stalemate. Both the
government and opposition now support offshore processing as a means of
deterring further boats. However, since the recent High Court judgment,
the government's proposed ''Malaysian solution'' has become unlawful and
the Coalition's ''Nauru solution'' legally uncertain. Both Labor and
the Coalition stubbornly refuse to support the other side's proposed
amendment to the Migration Act.
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