The finalisation of a Bill to make our borders safer is a much needed relief from this present madness, but some may feel a need to ask why it was necessary to do it like this.
It’s a human right to be safe, to live securely, and to defend oneself. This is the point – even, the principle – of our society here.
Yet the people came up to our shores and have kept coming in. The response has been slow, arduous, and telling of a country lacking in skill.
However, while there’s an instinct to protect, there’s a need to make sure it’s legal – and lasting. This is the point of a measure like The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act that is now law.
We cannot be a region or a territory that sets up militias like terror networks to do dirty jobs for us. It must be paid for, litigated if it’s done badly, and proved so that it stands as a record of work done.
