The dead hand of a government official belies a changing mood among the Australian public and political class. Despite the hopes of the immigration department,borders can’t stay absolutely closed forever Those damn moralists! What a mess they’re making. Can’t we throw a few hundred kids and their families into unending detention on remote tropical islands without bourgeoisie finish-gooders and their churchy mates making peril back domestic? Can’t they just all shut up?
Michael Pezzullo, chief of the immigration department, or was demanding Australians put aside their qualms,allow his department to work in secret so that every child can be returned to those mouldy tents on Nauru lest Australia be overrun by refugees.
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Source: theguardian.com