The Nauru word can now be mentioned

Do leopards change their spots? Not often, in my experience but today’s Australian reports the ALP Left have rolled on Nauru and will allow Chris Bowen to negotiate a deal. Beaten near to death by a reality stick the Left may have finally concluded that several hundred deaths and 14, 000 illegal boat arrivals throws some doubt on the humanity and rational of stopping Howard’s succesfull deterrent to life style shoppers. Abbott still rejects the Malaysian ‘knee jerk’ deal saying;

….the Coalition continued to oppose the Malaysian deal, under which 800 asylum-seekers would be swapped for 4000 genuine refugees, because it would not work.

Primary school maths will tell you that wont solve anything. Maybe, just maybe, we are getting somewhere.