Andrew Bolt:
Victoria University lecturer Max Lane, a Socialist Alternative member and recently on the executive council of the Revolutionary Socialist Party, tells the Jakarta Post our immigration minister is a pirate causing boat people to die:
(Red Ratbag)Â Lecturer makes Indonesians see red over Australia
Max Lane’s  areas of expertise: Indonesian politics, modern history and politics of literature; Marxist political theory; Philippines and Singaporean politics. Max Lane  has worked in the ministry of foreign affairs, the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia and the Australian parliament. (You can’t make this shiite up.)
The Australian government denies outright and refuses to investigate allegations by some of the refugees …Â that they had their hands held up against hot engine pipes [by Australian navy personnel] resulting in extensive burns. Others claimed they were kicked…. It is also reported that two refugees returned in the first lifeboat later … drowned trying to cross a river in the jungle…
I am not an expert in international law or law of the sea but the forcible seizure of other people’s boats, the detention of their crew (Indonesian citizens) and passengers (citizens of various countries), the forcible transfer of such people to other boats, and the coerced towing them to a destination not of their choice would all seem to amount to piracy…
Morally, however, it is quite clear that these are immoral, inhumane acts. Personally, I would like to see Immigration and Border Protection Minister, Scott Morrison and the puppet General doing his work charged with piracy and criminal negligence causing death.
How did universities become such a refuge for Marxists and wanna-be revolutionaries, soiling our reputation abroad?
Brazen bluster:
Indonesia calls in Australian ambassador Greg Moriarty to protest against ‘unacceptable’ escalation of boat policy
David Wroe and Daniel Flitton/Brisbane Times

Australian Ambassador Greg Moriarty, pictured with Prime Minister Tony Abbott, was called in for a meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa.Â
Photo: AFP
Indonesia has stepped up its protests against the Abbott government’s border protection policies, hauling Australia’s ambassador to Jakarta into the foreign affairs ministry for a dressing down.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said he had told ambassador Greg Moriarty in a meeting this week that Australia’s use of lifeboats to return asylum seekers was an ”unacceptable” escalation of its border protection policy, Indonesian news magazine Tempo reported on its website.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa.Â
Photo: AFP
The use of lifeboats has been a key development in Australia’s boat turnback policy – a policy Indonesia has vehemently opposed.
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