Petro Georgiou and others sat with the Prime Minister last night and no agreement on the member’s bills aimed at dismantling mandatory immigration detention, removing women and children and all long-term detainees from detention centres and allowing those on temporary protection visas to stay in Australia permanently was met.

Unsurprisingly, HoWARd was unable to reach a compromise and was quoted as saying,

"We decide the nature of immigration flows to this country. I believe that that policy is not only the right policy but it is a policy that enjoys the support of the Australian people."

I am inspired by Judi Moylan’s optimism that HoWARd is capable of displaying humanity.

"[…] but I think, you know, there’s an opportunity…I’m sure that the Government’s willing to, as the Prime Minister stated on many occasions, to make the policy and its administration more humane, to introduce greater flexibility and to make sure that it’s fair."

I am however unmoved from my position that HoWARd is a turd and await the bill’s.

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