Standoff between immigration and doctors into 8th day - Brisbane

Dopey Dutton still a vegetable

Still no action from the gov. However it does seem baby Asha and her parents have struck a personal chord with Australians, putting Dopey Dutton and messiah Turnbull in a very awkward position. Peter Hartcher compares the effect of Asha on the Australian conscience to the boy who drowned on the beach in Europe.

The surge of public sympathy for the 237 asylum seekers who've been brought from Nauru to Brisbane for medical treatment has shown that many Australians remain keenly alive to the plight of asylum seekers. 

The "let them stay" campaign has moved a lengthening list of churches to offer them sanctuary under the ancient custom. Even though it has no legally enforceable basis, this is a powerful moral statement. 

The case of baby Asha has become a focal point. The government intends to return the one-year-old, being treated for burns, to Nauru once her medical care is complete. But the child's doctors are refusing to discharge her. 

"This is like the boy who drowned on the beach in Turkey," Alan Kurdi, "because it personalises the issue," says Patrick Baume of the media monitoring firm iSentia. "It's pricked the conscience of a lot of people across the spectrum." 

He says this helps explain the continuing prominence of the "let them stay campaign". It was the third most-reported story in the news this week, after the new Turnbull ministry and the tax debate but ahead of the Cardinal Pell story and coverage of the Grammys. 

"Let them stay" has been running at high volumes in the news media and in social media for two weeks now, says Baume: "That's a fairly long time for any story these days. It's clearly got more legs than any other asylum seeker issue in recent times." The Canberra Times

Will this protest finally be a turning point in the Australian gov's cruelty to those fleeing their country of origin for their lives?

Dopey Dutton was hiding today, being "not available for comment." Protesters went to Dopey's office and yelled a lot, but he wasn't there. So they went to the Messiah's, who got the shits with them.

Messiah Turnbull came out with more drivel that Dopey Dutton was being "compassionate" in sending Asha back to the Nauru gulag. Apparently not doing so would make the stopped boats start, FFS.