The Prime Minister has developed a too-cute-by-half strategy of professing ignorance about the handling of events in Indonesia, reflecting his ongoing struggle to find a communications strategy that will enable him to get control of the issue again.
Indonesia Solution
Ackland: Shouldn’t we share our “boundless plains”?
Doesn’t anybody remember the lyrics to our national anthem — “for those who’ve come across the seas”? asks Richard Ackland. It’s time to offer an ‘Australian Solution’.
From lone ranger Howard to gang leader Rudd
Kevin Rudd isn’t continuing the Howard government’s Pacific Solution. Rudd’s new ‘Indonesia Solution’ is an important shift politically, getting our neighbours to help bear the asylum seeker burden.
