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"Mosher" <mosherkustas@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:9e9db70a-eba9-4369-8ba3-> On Jan 18, 9:42 pm, bringyagrogalong 
<sof...@aapt.net.au> wrote:
>
> > During the 13 years of the Hawke/Keating government there were 1,925
> > boat people arrivals.
>
> > During the 12 years of the Howard government there were 13,663 boat
> > people arrivals.
>
> > A massive 700% increase!
>
> >http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/bn/sp/boatarrivals.htm
>
> > It's unfathomable how the conservatives have managed to dupe
> > Australians into thinking that they are better at "border
> > protection".
>
> > Their lies and slavish media support notwithstanding.
>
> > Makes one wonder at how Coalition supporters ?can reconcile those
> > damning figures.
>
> > Short memories and just plain stupid I guess.

Plucking just the figures that suit Serge does not reflect the real 
figures
(Why am I not surprised)
Just a tad down the site (That Serge's rubber room attendant forgot to 
read are :

http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/bn/sp/boatarrivals.htm

Year     Boats    people

1976                     111
1977                     868
1978                     746
1979                     304
1980                         0
1981                      30
1982-88                   0
1989           1         26
1990           2       198
1991           6       214
1992           6       216
1993           3         81
1994         18       953
1995           7       237
1996         19       660
1997         11       339
1998         17       200
1999         86      3721
2000         51      2939
2001         43      5516
2002           1            1
2003           1          53
2004           1          15
2005           4          11
2006           6          60
2007           5        148
2008           7        161
2009         61      2849
2010 (to 20 September 2010)
                96       4822

Boat numbers exclude boats returned from whence they came. *Includes five 
deceased at sea 16 April 2009 and 12 deceased at sea 1 November 2009. 
Arrival figures do not include; 2 arrivals in an 'esky' on 17 January 
2009; 4 on Deliverance Island with no boat on 29 April 2009; and 78 on 
board Oceanic Viking intercepted in Indonesian waters in November 2009.

http://www.safecom.org.au/pdfs/2010-boat-arrivals.pdf

Add  for 21 Sep 2010 to 26 Nov 2010
            1404   People
Add for  27 Nov 2010 to 25 Dec 2010
             560   People

Total so far for 3 Years of Federal Labor
             9944  People  (Plus 84 not included in count)
Total  so far    =  10,028

And, still 9 years to go for the Serge 12 year comparison (If Labor lasts 
that long)