HMAS taxi picks up 101 fares



Australian Maritime Safety Authority - AMSA

AMSA coordinated the response to a vessel requesting assistance approximately 42 nautical miles south of Java with support from Defence, Customs and merchant vessels. AMSA received a request for assistance at approximately 5.15am today. A broadcast to shipping was issued by AMSA this morning and two merchant vessels responded. Aircraft tasked by AMSA located the vessel at approximately 3pm. The merchant vessels arrived on scene at approximately 5pm. HMAS Larrakia was also tasked to respond and arrived on scene at around 5pm. A total of 101 people were safely transferred onto HMAS Larrakia and are now en route to Christmas Island.


What a f#cken farce.

They may as well dock in Java and pick them up. It will give navy personnel work experience for a career in the merchant marine.

I notice Rudd has delivered a swag of money to them - and that's just the bit we know about. I fully expect the boats to slow for a while.

Innocent bystander wrote on Jul 6^th, 2013 at 9:02am:

HMAS taxi picks up 101 fares Australian Maritime Safety Authority - AMSA AMSA coordinated the response to a vessel requesting assistance approximately 42 nautical miles south of Java with support from Defence, Customs and merchant vessels. AMSA received a request for assistance at approximately 5.15am today. A broadcast to shipping was issued by AMSA this morning and two merchant vessels responded. Aircraft tasked by AMSA located the vessel at approximately 3pm. The merchant vessels arrived on scene at approximately 5pm. HMAS Larrakia was also tasked to respond and arrived on scene at around 5pm. A total of 101 people were safely transferred onto HMAS Larrakia and are now en route to Christmas Island. What a f#cken farce.

There goes Rudd's mission of trying to find a regional solution. We send boats up to pick up these so-called refugees and asylum shoppers. Any of our 'partners' in the region would say what's the point if Australia is going to establish a water taxi service.

salad in wrote on Jul 6^th, 2013 at 9:57am:

Innocent bystander wrote on Jul 6th, 2013 at 9:02am: HMAS taxi picks up 101 fares Australian Maritime Safety Authority - AMSA AMSA coordinated the response to a vessel requesting assistance approximately 42 nautical miles south of Java with support from Defence, Customs and merchant vessels. AMSA received a request for assistance at approximately 5.15am today. A broadcast to shipping was issued by AMSA this morning and two merchant vessels responded. Aircraft tasked by AMSA located the vessel at approximately 3pm. The merchant vessels arrived on scene at approximately 5pm. HMAS Larrakia was also tasked to respond and arrived on scene at around 5pm. A total of 101 people were safely transferred onto HMAS Larrakia and are now en route to Christmas Island. What a f#cken farce. There goes Rudd's mission of trying to find a regional solution. We send boats up to pick up these so-called refugees and asylum shoppers. Any of our 'partners' in the region would say what's the point if Australia is going to establish a water taxi service.

Yep..we should let them drown to prove a point to the Indonesians and Malaysians...That makes sense

adelcrow wrote on Jul 6^th, 2013 at 10:04am:

Yep..we should let them drown to prove a point to the Indonesians and Malaysians...That makes sense

Were they about to drown? What vision you have into the future. Got next week's OzLotto numbers for me?

Rudd is sinking in the mire of a problem he himself made.

The Howard Government policy of turning back the boats was fine. Two boats in a year.

Now Rudd's only choice is to start pumping billions of dollars into Indonesia so that they might just stop a few boats.

This is situation hopeless, out of control call it what you like but anyway you look at it, its ratshit.

The leaky boat only went 42 miles?

A 12 foot dingy with an outboard motor would have been safer.

HMAS Stupidity starts another thread!

The truth needs to be repeated over & over John, until even the dumbest of those on your side (of which you are not one, I will say) have it imbedded in their frontal lobe.

salad in wrote on Jul 6^th, 2013 at 9:57am:

Innocent bystander wrote on Jul 6th, 2013 at 9:02am: HMAS taxi picks up 101 fares Australian Maritime Safety Authority - AMSA AMSA coordinated the response to a vessel requesting assistance approximately 42 nautical miles south of Java with support from Defence, Customs and merchant vessels. AMSA received a request for assistance at approximately 5.15am today. A broadcast to shipping was issued by AMSA this morning and two merchant vessels responded. Aircraft tasked by AMSA located the vessel at approximately 3pm. The merchant vessels arrived on scene at approximately 5pm. HMAS Larrakia was also tasked to respond and arrived on scene at around 5pm. A total of 101 people were safely transferred onto HMAS Larrakia and are now en route to Christmas Island. What a f#cken farce. There goes Rudd's mission of trying to find a regional solution. We send boats up to pick up these so-called refugees and asylum shoppers. Any of our 'partners' in the region would say what's the point if Australia is going to establish a water taxi service.

he pnly announced the regional conference within the last 24 hours. Do you think he is omnipotent?

Bobby. wrote on Jul 6^th, 2013 at 10:19am:

The leaky boat only went 42 miles? A 12 foot dingy with an outboard motor would have been safer.

you should see the condition of these fishing boats, they are only ever intended to be built to  carry a crew of less than a doze to start with. The smugglers choose the worst and cheapest available, of course they know the boat is at the least going to be confiscated when it reaches its destination. One trip disposable boats.

ian wrote on Jul 6^th, 2013 at 10:54am:

Bobby. wrote on Jul 6th, 2013 at 10:19am: The leaky boat only went 42 miles? A 12 foot dingy with an outboard motor would have been safer. you should see the condition of these fishing boats, they are only ever intended to be built to  carry a crew of less than a doze to start with. The smugglers choose the worst and cheapest available, of course they know the boat is at the least going to be confiscated when it reaches its destination. One trip disposable boats.

It shows you how desperate or maybe stupid, the passengers are.

salad in wrote on Jul 6^th, 2013 at 10:08am:

adelcrow wrote on Jul 6th, 2013 at 10:04am: Yep..we should let them drown to prove a point to the Indonesians and Malaysians...That makes sense Were they about to drown? What vision you have into the future. Got next week's OzLotto numbers for me?

when a boat sinks in the middle of the ocean its a fair bet.

When will the hand wringers realise that 42nm from Indonesia = not our fking problem.

Stop making excuses for this shtful govt.

Heard this AM that in Rudds first 6 days of being returned PM has seen more boats in those 6 days than in the last 6 years of Howards governance.

The boat ppl that Rudd seems more intent on proving that he can't/wont stop, is the boat he will go down on come election night.