But Australia has a very good record of not giving in to such protests. |
Fourteen were detained and will be escorted to Baxter Immigration Detention Facility while arrangements are made for their departure, |
People who want to stay in Australia will always resort to, some will try and resort to, a very unattractive type of protest in order to draw attention to themselves and hopefully to pressure the government, |
Skilled migration has clear economic and social benefits for Australia and the Australian Government has a range of initiatives to attract skilled migrants, especially to regional areas. |
The (Australian) government is working closely with industry to target the skilled migration programme to help meet the needs of the states and regions, including regional and rural Victoria, |
The (Federal) Government is working closely with industry to target the skilled migration program to help best meet the needs of the states and regions, including regional and rural Victoria, |
The conditions at Baxter do need to be improved and when we have finished the job, I think everybody will be very proud of it, ... It will never be a fun place to be but it will be very good. |
The Pacific solution has been an outstanding success, |