AUSTRALIA
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Lewis Blayse
Australia’s recently-revived Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, is due to visit Indonesia this week, and will likely be placing the issue of the “boat people” high on the agenda. The asylum seekers from places like Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan, pay people-smugglers to get on boats to Australia. It is perceived as a real problem, domestically, for the Australian government, which claims Indonesia is not doing enough to catch the people-smugglers, and stem the flow of the boats washing up on Australian shores.
Indonesian commentator, Iqhbal Sukokiman says that “Australian paedophiles keep washing up on our shores and it is time to do something.” Perhaps, if the Australian government did more to stem the flow of Australian paedophiles to Indonesia, and Bali in particular, the Indonesian government might be more sympathetic to the Australian government’s position on the people-smugglers.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has reported that Bali is the most popular destination for Australian paedophiles. It is also the most popular destination for Australian tourists in general, despite the two Bali terrorism incidents. Fixing the problem of the flow of paedophiles to Bali would go a long way towards fixing relations with Australia’s largest, and most important, neighbour.
The Royal Commission must look at this issue as a matter of priority.
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