September 2011
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MattE 11 Sep 2011 | : Business
I have been very fortunate enough to make the acquaintance of Uri, who is the developer of a great Australian software title called Nominal Accounting software.
During my discussions with Uri I have said that he needs to rename the software to something like Nominal Business Suit, because his software does so much more than just handle the books.
Here is what is does: Continue Reading »
The decades running debate on implementation, policy change, change of government and new policy exploration, high-court scuttling of policy and the opposition’s offer of assistance in formulating new policy, ignores the real solution for dealing with asylum seekers who arrive on our northern shores.
The issue is not one of of where to process this comparatively small tide of people, nor is it a question of should we be accepting what the naysayers regard as a great flood of illegals trying to jump the queue. The willingness of both sides of politics to accept 4,000 processed immigrants from Malaysia clearly shows we have the capacity to accept those who want to come and who meet the criteria.
The really issue is one of storage. Where to store people while their applications are processed. The reason for even needing to look at overseas alternatives is merely brought about by the fact that all of the detentions centres run by the Australian Government (and not just this government, but its predecessor as well) are overcrowded and prison-like.