Illegal immigrants.
Since our current Government (Labor) won election, they've gone out of their way to encourage illegal immigrants to jump the queue of legitimate others and enter our country and do as they please.
Apart from the boats crowded with illegals now hitting our shores daily, one cringes at the thought of those sneaking through on air arrivals.
Naturally, we taxpayers are expected to pay for them all providing them benefits.
That's why they come here.
The word has spread, we are a soft touch. Certain numbers of them are attempting to dominate our culture with their own. Does any of this make sense? It's time to kick back and send back these people where they came from.
An excellent thought is to send the illegals back to the camps where legals are waiting. Bring the legals in and let those illegals wait back in the queue. "Backfilling". An excellent idea!
There are few issues more fraught in this country than that of border protection. The combination of anxiety about our security, concerns about our employment and economic well-being and the often confrontational images that accompany this problem means that emotions run high.
Leaders on both sides of the political debate have an obligation to make sure that this passion is constrained to vigorous debate and does not spill over into ugly vilification or racism.
And likewise those who are legitimately concerned the current policy is too soft should not be labeled racists themselves.
Instead it is incumbent upon each side of politics to put the emotive language and rhetoric aside and clearly outline their position on this complex issue.
There is a sense in the community, as there has been in some sections of the Labor Party itself, that Kevin Rudd's difficulties with the asylum seeker problem have not been caused by his less hard line approach but rather his attempt to talk tough while implementing a more generous program.
If he had articulated an unequivocal position and stood fast he might not have found himself wedged in as he appears to be now. People might have disagreed but they at least would have known where he stood and respected him for that.
Likewise Tony Abbott has flagged the possibility of returning to John Howard's controversial Pacific Solution. He ought to place this squarely on the board or remove it altogether as a political chess piece.
If we're going to talk tough about this issue let's also talk straight.
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