On the ABC news this morning: "New asylum seekers to be processed in Australia".
MTOW had it right a week ago - (see post 146):
While Nauru might now be back on the (very edge of the proverbial) table, I think that Labor still recognises it, no matter how much sense it may make, as absolute political suicide. For that reason, I think they'll opt for onshore processing ahead of Nauru. Even though that will be (yet another) unmitigated disaster, as once the economic immigrants are onshore, David Manne and his team will be able, at taxpayers' (great) expense, to use every trick in the book to extend their stay here.
On the same ABC bulletin, it said that 12% of Australians approve of the way the ALP is handling the asylum seekers problem.
Put in non-ABCspeak, that means 78% of Australians disapprove of Labor's handling of the current self-imposed asylum seeker debacle.
The boats arriving at Christmas Island are soon going to look like finals on 27R at Heathrow.