The prophets of doom predicted that Australia would be reduced to a gigantic dustbowl – instead there is water, water everywhere with tragic results in many areas.
A trickle that fast became another form of flood is the arrival on our northern shores of 'illegals', causing our immigration department to become bogged down as it fails to cope with the increased processing and paperwork, resulting in other important areas of administration being neglected.
As the Greens and their mates moan and wail, Australian taxpayers are facing very serious problems further down the track, created by a recent High Court decision.
Mamdouh Habib has been granted compensation by the Gillard government for his alleged mistreatment at Guantanamo Bay and we may never know the amount of this handout.
With trendy civil libertarian lawyers circling the High Court decision like slavering wolves, Christmas Island and other detention centres may well achieve Guantanamo-type status down the track with detainees sooled on to lodge claims for undisclosed compensation against Australian taxpayers.
As news of Habib's payout is circulated on the internet and the mobile phone network, people smugglers will no doubt advise their clients of the added attraction of taking a voyage to 'Hotel Australia'.
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