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A population debate that Kevin Rudd has already lost

05 Apr 06:00am

Filed under: Asylum Seekers, Demographics, Kevin Rudd, Politics, Population, Tony Bourke

As Kevin Rudd welcomed his 100th boat last week, he also started to scramble on the even larger issue of his ‘Big Australia’.

I'm on a boat

The problem for Kevin Rudd is he seems to be repeating the same mistakes on both issues.

While some argue that concerns about increased boat arrivals is due to xenophobic fears of being overrun, there is a danger in impugning this motive. Every time Labor attacks the Coalition as racist dog whistlers for raising concerns about border protection, Kevin Rudd insults millions of Australians who share our concerns about Labor’s failures.

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gary wright says:

07:24am | 03/05/10

Am I the only one here who find the contributions of Clarke and Persephone misleading and patronising. I find their attempts to close down the debate and swamp their opponents somewhat curious. As to politics: I declare mine openly. Not a party member, left wing socialist, specialist in human rights… Read more »
Don Clark says:

11:46pm | 07/04/10

It’ll be interesting to see over the next couple of days how Messrs Abbott and Morrison sort out their differences. As of this afternoon, Abbott has been carefully backing away from his Shadow Minister’s position. Oh dear. And it’ll be interesting to see if any Punch authors or posters have… Read more »

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