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September 7th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
The Government wants to process asylum seekers off-shore. Picture: AFP
Source: AFP
BRINGING asylum seekers onto the Australian mainland could lead to the social unrest which has caused violence and disruption across Paris and London, Tony Abbott was warned.
It comes as the Government believes 600 people a month would enter Australia without checks on their status unless the processing of refugees was done off-shore.
If brought to the mainland they could overflow from detention centres into the surrounding communities and raise tensions between them and locals.
Mr Abbott was in Brisbane today where the secretary of the Immigration Department Andrew Metcalfe gave the briefing promised by Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
He was accompanied by shadow attorney-general George Brandis while immigration spokesman Scott Morrison listened in by telephone.
The briefing covered options following the High Court ruling last week which ended the Malaysian swap deal.
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The Government wants Mr Abbott to help pass legislation which would make the deal lawful.
Officials told him Nauru was not a deterrent to arrivals as people smugglers know asylum seekers would eventually get a visa if they were taken there or to Christmas Island.
However, he stood firm against the Malaysian plan and repeated that the Opposition wanted a revival of the Pacific Solution with asylum seekers going to Nauru.
“It’s been a helpful briefing, quite a helpful briefing and I’m grateful to the Government for making it available to George, myself and, by phone, Scott Morrison,” Mr Abbott said after the Brisbane session.
“But what was very clear as part of this briefing is that there is no Government policy as yet, and while there is no Government policy the boats will keep coming.
“So the ball is very much in the Prime Minister’s court. She has to declare what the new policy of the Government is in response to the High Court’s decision.”
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is expected to make a “big announcement” tomorrow regarding Australian aid to Nauru.
It follows discussions today with the island nation’s President Marcus Stephen at the Pacific Islands Forum in Auckland.
The leaders also held talks about guest workers coming to Australia.
But she and Mr Stephen did not discuss asylum seekers or the possibility of re-opening a refugee detention centre on Nauru, instead exchanging views on the AFL and the plight of the President’s team Richmond.
Mr Abbott insisted the Prime Minister raise the subject with the President but she said that wasn’t why she was at the forum
President Stephen described the Prime Minister as “a fantastic lady” but complained about “Nauru bashing” over recent years in Australia related to the treatment of asylum seekers there under the Howard Government.
“The centre wasn’t run by us and I hope that people are clear that we don’t run the centre,” he told reporters.
“I can appreciate the politics of (the debate in Australia) and they are entitled to it. I would prefer that Nauru was left out of the debate and not be bashed around.”
Mr Abbott was told by Immigration Department officials that people smugglers have started to build up business again following the High Court judgement.
This morning a restricted group of reporters was given an outline of the details of that briefing, which news.com.au has put together from unofficial sources.
The briefing prepared for him said on-shore detention is an expensive option for taxpayers and does not deter further arrivals.
Boat people also have easier access to legal advice and courts which could frustrate the processing machinery with appeals at every step.
Mr Abbott was told his policy of towing boats back to their ports, usually in Indonesia, would also not work as the vessels would be sabotaged at sea, forcing a potential rescue by the Australian Navy.
The explosive warnings will play a role in the heated internal ALP debate over whether off-shore processing of boat people should be scrapped.
It is understood the Government considers asylum seekers who come here without papers as “queue jumpers” trying to get ahead of those using official channels, and that each boat journey is a potential tragedy at sea.
But they admit it is unlikely they would get to Australia by applying officially as the humanitarian intake of refugees is limited to 15,000 a year.
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plz let me know about boat of 105 asylum seeker from Indonesia to Australia on 02-10-2009. plz help me I dont know where is they……