It is good to see that our prime minister has discovered his heart and is speaking up on behalf of our Aussie drug smugglers.
Can he extend his compassion a bit further and act on behalf of the hundreds of children incarcerated for no crime, for no good reason and for the rest of their life just for being children of refugees? Wouldn’t it seem to be so much easier to tackle a problem in our own country than just embarrass a foreign leader into doing the right thing? It surely wouldn’t have anything to do with some personal career difficulties requiring a populous opinion swing…
Can’t miss in this case, if the Bali two avoid the firing squad it is entirely Tony’s doing and, if not, well he always had his suspicions about those Indonesians.
Harald Ehrlich, Suffolk Park
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