Australian Labour Party icon Bob Hawke on the matter of boat people. Said when he was PM.

Obviously there are people all around the world who have a strong case for entry into this country and successive governments have said we have an obligation, but we also have an obligation to people who are already here Of course we should have compassion, but people who are coming in this way are not the only people in the world who have rights to our compassion. Any sovereign country has the right to determine how it will exercise its compassion and how it will increase its population.

Demonstrating how the Labour Party has slid left, and how it will continue to slide left as Fabians continue to succeed in their intentions. (Bob Hawke too was a member of the Fabian society.)