John Howard Children Overboard...remember this?

[Firefly0100]

@cunnamullafalla No, John Howard at least had the guts to take a GST to an election, unlike Gillard with the Carbon Tax. He and Costello brought our country to one of it's highest points. Inflation was down, we had a huge surplus, and life was good. Then the people decided for a 'change' and voted in Labor and now what do we have? A carbon Tax no one wants. Billions into dept. Illegal immigrents. Gillard is the biggest coward. Howard was one of the best.

[Shaboh1060]

This was a disgraceful event...Shame Howard shame

[cunnamullafalla]

John Howard was the greatest LIAR and COWARD this nation have ever seen. His lies divided our nation, and sent our sons and daughters to die in a war caked with more lies. Howard is a COWARD and so are his supporters. Do your duty as Australians and let everyone know Howards lies. Expose him as the liar and cheat his is. Erase him from history, thats what he deserves. He's NO Australia. Filthy liar.

[awde2]

Disgrace

[deathrider2006]

John Howard was not racist,nowhere near racist. A hardworking govt that protected our borders for many yrs, unlike the the current govt we have

[coolaidOHYEH]

@deathrider2006 you just dont understand mate

[yourgasm]

@deathrider2006 Damn right ppl that think John Howard was racist is someone that has no idea about Australian politics. John Howard did the right thing by protecting our borders. Thank you John & Peter!

[crocodile2006]

Under the Rudd/Gillard government, the People Smugglers will decide who comes to this country and circumstances in which they come!

[luneco100]

a lot of lazarus supporters jumped when work choices were introduced and an absolute fact that they jumped with joy to overthrow all the rights of working class people children overboard nah it should be employers AWA's ABCC CCI FLAT RATE NO PENALTIES all thrown away with the new IR laws that went overboard lazarus frogmouth should throw himself of a building without a parachute front page news lazarus IR death squashed

[KolonelKARUNA]

tamil rules australia

[luneco100]

i saw frogmouth lazarus jumping of his yacht people said that costello pushed him after reading lazarus falling book it's the truth the coalition never lied in 11 yrs just ask any brainwashed liberal monkey out there its the gospel truth

[Stewas06]

@GeorgeYarid

Read article 33 (2) of the refugee convention.

Oh, and would you like to know how many refugees living in limbo get accepted by Australia each year? Around 52. Do you how many refugees are stuck in Indonesia waiting for resettlement? Around 2,100. Indonesia doesn't have any provision for refugees in their migration act, so they are liable to detention pending deportation (i.e. back to persecution).

[Stewas06]

@collindominy

You are clearly a muppet. Before you make such outlandish claims try doing some research on the matter.

Oh and by the way, the term 'queue jumper' is a result of Coalition policy in 1996: they legislated that the number of onshore asylum seekers would be subtracted from the total humanitarian program. Before that, however, the presence irregular onshore asylum seekers in Aus would have no mitigating effects on the how many offshore refugees Australia took.

Think before you speak

[10Roonaldo7]

Does anyone know where this source came from?

Would be fantastic help. :) Cheers.

[Chris51]

I also remember the lies by Jools about the asylum seeker detention centre in East Timor as well as her denial about it the next day, The list goes on. The ETS, the 2020 farce, the latest 150 people off the streets idea, the preferences to the greens that if labour gets in will kill this country. OH and don't YOU forget to get yourself a jar of KY Jelly because if this cow gets in Australia is F**#@d.

[Chris51]

Yep I do remember this - I also remember the last 3 years and the 170 boat people who have drowned, that we know of, in that last 3 years, as a result of a policy written by jooolya herself. I also remember the 4 dead from the Insulation Scheme, the billions wasted in the School building farce, the wasted surplus we had. I also remember the squillion dollar debt we now have.

[colindominy]

These leaky-boat arrivees are not genuine asylum-seekers at all. My Sri Lankan mates tell me so. Anyone with $15000 to $20000 or more to spare, to be spent funding an air-trip to Indonesia to line up a smuggler-trip to Ashmore .. is not an asylum-seeker. Try the word QUEUE-JUMPER .. or ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT .. that'd be getting a lot closer to the truth. I'll never vote Liberal / Conservative .. however, in 2010, their "Turn The Boats Around" & tow em back to Indonesia policy is the correct one.

[coolaidOHYEH]

@colindominy mate that is just blatantly racist the term asylum seeker generally speaks for itself (people seeking asylum) our country in many aspects is a disgrace the treatment of the traditional owners of the land the fact that even after agreeing to the Geneva convention we still send people off to uninhabitable detention centres were they are treated so inhumanly that a lot of the occupants end up committing suicide. and when you say "queue jumper" please inform me what queue?

[Matirenz]

@GeorgeYarid

Would that include woman and children....thats my concern....you selfish prick

[FarisMee]

If refugees need a new home then why not apply the UN solution as per Israel. Declare Australians persona non grata like the Palestinians (Filisteens in arabic) slice off the State of Western Australia and give it to the refugees and declare the land a new sovereign country.

Aussies reckon that's fair to do it to the Palestinians so let's do it to the them.

[markymark4565]

Paying a people smuggler does not mean you have money - these people borrow the money and the families they leave behind are held to account for it. Why dio people keep making stupid unsupportable statements.

[markymark4565]

The reason that some refugees come in boats is that they live in countries where there is not an orderly refugee queue or where putting your hand up and saying "I'm a Tamil and I fear persecution" or "I'm a Hazara" etc is likely to get you a swift bullet in the head.

[markymark4565]

In answer to the statements that the refugees sank the boat or asking how they got in the water, the Senate inquiry stated that the reason the boat sank and people were in the water was that the boat sank under strain of being towed by the Navy. FACT.

[cunnamullafalla]

WHAT A BUNCH OF HOWARD COWARDS! I am so glad that bastard is out and so is his Gov. I'll make sure everyone in my work place knows about his lies FOREVER, because thats how long I'll punish Howard and his Spin Drs for their lies. I dont care where you are, how long you live, I'll make sure you'll look over your shoulder forever Howard! I'll expose you FOREVER!. Lost Gov, Lost your Seat, and By GOD I'll erase you from history too you BASTARD. PS the Navy NEVER claimed kids went over!

[crocodile2006]

The Illegals didn't throw their kids overboard... they sank the fucking boat these kids were standing on.

Thats what they do.

[Mercury888]

so glad howard is gone.

[fuknjojak]

I hate john Howard but I hate them boat cunts worse.

[danielmy08]

You hate John Howard ..and then follow up by saying you had the boat ppl worse....you my friend are a complete idiot! That is a conflicting statement if ever I have heard one...why hate Howard if he managed to stop the boat people??? People like you should NOT be allowed to vote. You are a moron and a waste of space!

[lillyi07]

And also I like at the end where you have Fact no children were thrown overboard but you post no explaination as to how they ended up in the water??

[lillyi07]

It was wrong to mislead the public but every politician does it... K Rudd has not delivered anything he promised in 07... Just a pathetic apology to the aboriginals. My problem here is the parents of these children put their lives and their childrens lives at risk by getting on these boats to begin with and that is just as bad as throwing them overboard....

[nellkh]

well yea they can either get on a boad and hope to end up safely in Australia or they can stay in their country and be persecuted. Before saying things like this try to imagin why people are coming here, its not like we make it easy and they know this so they must have no other choice. Genocide is occuring in over 15 countries at the moment....

[lillyi07]

You are a fool to believe that this is the way we should be accepting assylum seekers.... These boat people pay thousands of US dollars to board these boats and Im sorry to say that if they have that kind of access to funds they are not assylum seekers, they are illegal immigrants who want to to have a new life in a fool hardy country like australia who is willing house them and pay for there new living.

[lillyi07]

A boat that recently was intercepted and rescued by indonesians had people on it insisting they be taken to Australia... Why would they do that?.... I will tell you why.... They paid lots and lots and lots of money to be taken Australia - Not to seek assylum in a safer country but to be taken specifically to australia..... Please dont even try to say that it is logical that we just continue letting these people in. the problem must be resolved in their country.

[cleaverwielder]

This is very well put together, if you don't mind my asking where do you dig up the footage particularly or Reith and Ruddock?

[junkpools1]

they where i know

[mcnesta80]

siciliaussieguy,

So your uncle was Peter Reith, was he? He blatantly misled the parliament and the public, knowing he was going to retire to his pension. He was the biggest villain of the lot, but he managed to escape censure by quitting. I would be deeply ashamed of the association if I was you. I certainly wouldn't use it as some sort of mark of authority on this issue. Read the Senate inquiry to discover the full extent of his culpability.

[leniasons]

All you who believe what the media tells you are ignorant fools. Those who believe John Howard lied, you are fools.

To point out the biggest fool-

Bloodstone- This occured in 2001... the Iraqi invasion began in 2003.. you sir are a foul liar who is the biggest ignoramus who'd believe he ate bullion for breakfast if the media told him so. STOP LYING!!!

Those who think rudd is better- learn a bit about politics, economy and ask yourself.. whenever we're in trouble, where is he? Not here!

[siciliaussieguy]

LOAD OF SHI*T!!!

My UNCLE was the secretary of defence at the time thankyou.

[rh384]

I am glad John Howard did what he did, he was greatest Prime Minister ever.

[babeedoll94]

wow this video is soooooo true..

i really think this needs to be known!!

great video!

Really great vid i am really happy that someone finaly did something like this and finaly showed the public what he did... WELL DONE!!!

i just wish everyone could of seen this before the election!

no worries now howars is out!

thanks for the vid....

[lillyi07]

Sorry for the delay - I work. Where does it they sank it. It doesnt. But these are the facts of what happened thats all...... These people pay thousands of US dollars to get on these illegal boats and travel to other countrys illegally .... What is going to happen when they sink the boat with women and children on it - THEY WILL BE RESCUED!!!!! They know this - They know we are a bunch of suckers.. and believe me if we had to a seek help to get into their country you would be shot. After torture

[errortable]

lillyi07 , where the hell dooes it say that the parents of the children were "purposely sinking" the boat ?????? What the heck are you on ???????

[lillyi07]

This is funny .... Tell me the difference, throwing your children overboard or having your children on a boat travelling illegally to another country then purposely sinking it to be rescued.... Im sorry but that is exactly the same as throwing the kids overboard.... wake up to yourselves idiots these people risk their own lives and their kids lives so dont ever blame anyone but them for doing that....................

[MrHempenhomespun]

@lillyi07 You'll want to hope you never experience the levels of desperation of these people. They are persecuted that is why they flee their homelands.

[errortable]

John Howard must be brought up on human rghts abuse charges. Even though he is guilty of murder for his support and involvment in the Iraq war, he'll never be brought to justice for that crime. I believe that there have now been actual deaths resulting from the imprisonment and treatment of the Tampa & "Children overboard" refugees. He is at least gulity of their death & suffering. Also is blatant neglect & deliberate indifference to Australia's indigenous folk is an incideous crime in itself.

[FarisMee]

A muslim lady couldn't go out even to buy food for their children without being abused & attacked for over 6 months after these pigs bombarded the airwaves for months with this garbage.

[errortable]

FarisMee, very sad .... yes Howard has caused people to suffer no end. But lets not forget his ally Pauline Hanson. Because of what came out of her mouth, Asian and Aborginal students were assaulted, spat on , racially abused, bashed etc. Between the two of them they had brought so much lasting shame and hurt on Australia. It saddends me because Australia was really starting to lose its old racist past and come into the 21st century. But along came Howard and Hanson who sent Australia backwards.

[lapalad]

Here here  Living in the UK now Howard brought so much shame on Australia with this incident,the Tampa affair,Refusal to apologise to aboriginal people and joining GW Bush in not signing the Kyoto agreement,Kevin Rudd comes over so much better than Bonsai ever did (Bonsai a little bush)

[errortable]

lapalad, Kevin Rudd is like a pool of clear mountain water compared to Howards effluent flowing sewer. Howard is a criminal in many ways. Yes Howard is indeed the mini Bush. I still shake with disbelief when I remember his(The Sherriff's) words about making pre emptive strikes in neighbouring countries if any terrorist cells were detected. Dr Mahathir responded quite rightly too.The day of the white man telling the brown man who's boss is long redundant.Howard thought he could get away with it.

[errortable]

Howards lies and cunning can only be matched by the ice cold cruelty of Ruddock. Reith was nothing more than a slimey weasel too. You know when we all saw this debarcle and the way Howard slithered away from the dirty filthy dishonest deed he committed, we were as disgusted as we could ever be. These are the worst examples of how the dregs of human society can con their way into such positions of power and influence. Now you need wonder no more as to why the world is in such a horrid state.

[murrangurk]

What worries and shames me is how quickly the Australian public forgot about this, and happily kept a clearly racist and inhumane govt in office.

I'll never, ever be able to take pride in my country as long as I remember those times.

[errortable]

Yes murrangurk, you're so right here and its so sad that this is the case. The behavior of Howard, Ruddock, Reith etc was nothing short of CRIMINAL. The abuse of human rights, the lies, the cruelty, the slander, the cover ups, the corruption of these people is almost something to behold if it were not so evil. When Howard claims to be a Christian I can laugh myself to death & also feel so cold. Its almost unfathomable that people like this exist in this world but its a cold fact that they do.

[camerondavo]

beta than openthe flood gates labor scum worry about it later lebanese immigrants ring a bell?

[australiannewss]

Thats how a right wing leader gets elected by telling lies.

Howard has never been honest with the australian people the liberals need to stay out of office for a long time .

Liberals are nazis.

[dougtay65]

What a bunch of despicable liars

[89Pancakes]

It is easy to criticise them but the facts were that they were acting on the advice of those on the ground.

[moonrock1962]

Shameful days for Australia- how dare they profess to represent us. A horrifying example how government a bit at a time can de-construct a free and fair society, manipulate media, misrepresent facts, and progress a thouroughly unpleasant government with a heart of steel and no shred of humanity. Shame. Shame. Shame.

[demonsbutterfly]

Liberals who should have gone to jail for treason-Bad times for Australia they were. Howard is a Total Phsychopath (Look up the definition) We were lied to, probably Daily by these dirty Bastards-Stand up to them all.

[jampt1989]

I'm so glad they are gone. Phillip Ruddock looks like death

[bloodstone1445]

Lol, it was Australias Plea / farse to get the civilians to back the iraq war by de-humanatising Muslims. LOL

Pitty Ameicans ignored there scientists, physicist and eachother in order to be mindwashed by thier media during 9/11. Another farse, but the same as us civilians still opposed war.

[bloodstone1445]

Lol, it was Australias Plea / farse to get the civilians to back the iraq war by de-humanatising Muslims. LOL

They went ahead with it without our backing anyway... same as the American citizens :-( ... yet we will be the casualties.

[utkonos313]

lol. of course they didn't throw them overboard. they sank the boat out from under them.

[hojinl]

Ever since this incident, I decided to vote against Liberal, as long as John, Peter (gone straight after the incident) and Phillip stayed in Parliament, without saying "Sorry" for their deceit and lies. Utterly disappointed and disgusted with Ruddock who is a Christian, former human rights lawyer, and a member of Amnesty International!

[bloodstone1445]

Yea, Rudd and Howard are both shoddy...

Atleast Rudd has ratified the Kyoto agreement tho :)

.. dont know about the laptop scheme though. We need more choice.

[trytheballs]

This is a reminder that needs to be seen more often.

[vucsmidieo]

Throw these bastards Overboard.....TODAY

[TheAussie00]

Phh good old liberal government rep's. As dumb as ever.