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| Oz government to build new boat-burning facilities |
| 2005-01-31 |
| The Australian government will no longer detain illegal foreign fishermen on board their boats. Canberra has confirmed plans to refurbish an unused detention centre in the northern city of Darwin to house fishermen who face charges or who are to be sent home. There will also be a new detention centre on Horn Island in the Torres Strait. The Federal Fisheries Minister, Ian McDonald, says the government will also build new boat-burning facilities in Darwin and Gove, also in the North Territory. Boat burning facilities are also planned for Broome in Western Australia. The OZ (Howard) government takes border security very seriously and it is consistently a very popular policy despite the Left's seething over the issue. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #7 Or grind 'em up and feed the pieces into a boiler with a stoker. But if it's fiberglass, that would be nasty. How 'bout serving the artificial reef market. More environmentally friendly. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-01-31 11:18:50 PM |
| #6 Usually they are POS and worthless. All you need to get rid of them is a thick concrete slab and a large crane and a heavy weight. Burn the splinters. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-01-31 8:39:29 PM |
| #5 Maybe I'm missing something here. Why not seize them and auction them off? |
| Posted by: jackal 2005-01-31 8:33:22 PM |
| #4 damn i want that job |
| Posted by: Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-01-31 6:45:33 PM |
| #3 Well, in order to prevent damage to the enviroment you'lll have to burn those boats in a sealed chamber with a scrubber stack. Should only set you back a few hundred million. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-01-31 3:14:58 PM |
| #2 Seems to me that a gallon (or Liter if you want to destroy a metric-based boat) of gas in a suitable container is about all the 'facilities' you need. That and a lack of rain to get the conflagration going. But with government being government, there is always a little pork that needs spreading I guess....... |
| Posted by: USN, retired 2005-01-31 2:25:08 PM |
| #1 Boat Burning....? Centigrade 1370 |
| Posted by: abu Bradbory 2005-01-31 2:22:09 PM |