What a bloody mess.

It's a shame that Australia's asylum seeker policy has to be determined and managed by politicians. They have really ballsed it up. How do I know this? Because we have been having the same painful, tedious debate for ten years now. Our Parliament has been barking from one side to another the entire time, and where are we now? Yawn. Back to where we started.

What a waste of time. And money ... the waste of money is shameful.

The Year 6 class at your nearest school would probably do a better job coming up with ideas. Or your local beautician. How about the Big Cheese at Department of Immigration? He had a few ideas ... but then, what would he know? The Rotarians - they work well as a problem-solving team, they would probably come up with some handy approaches. Ask any taxi driver - they will have a thesis on the matter prepared in advance.

It seems the government is going about this in the wrong way. Both sides should just accept they are not up for the job, and contract the issue out. Award the tender to the loopiest possible candidate and watch this space. It could really not get much worse. In fact - they would probably come up with a multi-million dollar palm-off to impoverished nations as a 'deterrent' with the bulk of people ultimately being resettled in Australia ... if that idea was not already protected under political copyright.

It is cheaper and more efficient to process asylum seekers who land on Australian territory in Australia, yet this seems to be a political irrelevance.

High Court ruling getting you down? Just change the Migration Act.

If I hear Tones refer to 'Stopping the Boats' again ..... I am going to have to knock on his hard hat and point out that the only way he can really do this is by building a massive wall in the ocean. A domestic policy will not really do the trick.

Suspect rougher seas ahead for the disastrous journey of this little policy area. What a mess.