Immigration flagration

Channelnewsasia.com:

"'It's not a question of politics, it's a question of doing what's right,' backbencher Bruce Baird told reporters ahead of the meeting of government parliamentarians.

Howard, whose government is facing criticism over revelations that at least 200 people have been mistakenly detained as illegal aliens, said the watering down of the mandatory detention policy would send the wrong message."

You do the right thing because it's the right thing to do. Full stop. It is not about watering down anything. There's a drought on in more ways than one. It's about creating a system which WORKS. It's about treating people with respect and it's about being efficient. The system currently is a complete shambles and does not work. This is not about position bargaining. It's not about power. It's about getting a system that actually knows what it is doing and then respects the welfare of those detained. So...talk about it, but don't pretend it's okay because it's not.