Asylum seeker bill moves to Senate

June 27th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

The debate on the asylum seeker bill moves to the Senate on Thursday with the federal government hoping one or more opposition senators can be convinced to cross the floor.

The bill, put forward by independent MP Rob Oakeshott, allows the immigration minister to declare asylum seekers cannot be sent to any country that is part of the Bali Process.

That would allow both Labor’s Malaysia people-swap deal and the opposition proposal for the reopening of the detention centre on Nauru.

The bill passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday night with the backing of independents Andrew Wilkie and Bob Katter. Earlier Opposition Leader Tony Abbott persuaded three moderate Liberal MPs not to cross the floor to vote with the government.

Mr Abbott said the coalition won’t support this legislation and it’s doomed to fail in the Senate.

“As the coalition has made clear time and time again, we will never support bad policy. We will never engage in supporting something which we think will have bad outcomes for the Australian nation,” he said.

Greens leader Christine Milne gave no indication her party would budge on their opposition to offshore processing.

She said the whole purpose of a refugee convention was to help those seeking asylum.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard called on senators to consider this matter very deeply.

“I am calling on each and every senator to accept that this is now the only bill that can pass the parliament before the parliament goes into the winter recess,” she said.