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Australian Books

A sober critic

12 April 2014

9:00 AM

12 April 2014

9:00 AM

Quarterly Essay: That Sinking Feeling: Asylum Seekers and the Search for the Indonesian Solution Paul Toohey

Black Inc, pp.94, $19.95, ISBN: 97818634956468

Let’s get one thing straight: gullibility is not a virtue. This simple principle appears to be difficult to grasp for many who support those who claim to be refugees seeking asylum in Australia. Basically, anyone can say anything: it might be true or it might not be, and where there is an obvious self-interest a dose of prudent scepticism is a good idea.

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