Friday, September 17, 2010

detention crisis malaise present and great courage of the past

Scherger Air Force Base near Weipa in far north Queensland will be used as a stop gap measure.
Tony Abbott: Yesterday they said that maybe there would be a carbon tax after all, having vehemently denied that there ever would be during the election campaign. Today they've announced a massive expansion of detention centres having furiously denied any such plan during the election campaign.

The Commissioner on air raids on Darwin praised Group Captain Scherger: "He [Scherger] . . . acted in my opinion with great courage and energy . . . on all the evidence before me his conduct . . . was deserving of the highest praise.

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