The boats have 'apparently' stopped, but are any of us actually better off?

The boats have ‘apparently’ stopped, but are any of us actually better off?

By Carol Taylor on March 4, 2014 • ( 22 )

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What issues are important to Australians?


I don’t speak for all people but I’d suggest that if I said the
issues included rising unemployment/job security, education, health,
income inequality, aged care, climate change, the cost of living,
adequate infrastructure, essential services, 21st century information
technology or housing affordability it would be safe to say that I’ve
covered one issue that would be important to (collectively) more than 95
per cent of us.


Now I would ask, “What has the government done to address any of these?” The answer to that is all too obvious.


All they’ve harped on about is that they’ve stopped the boats.
Whether they have or not . . . is another matter. Oh, and they did
mention education reforms, briefly, but stopping boats is their only
claim for bragging rights.

Excerpt from the article by Carol Taylor