Jail for saving lives?

[alliette_d]

Rescuing asylum seekers from a sinking boat or imminent danger or sending money to help refugees, for no financial gain at all, could land people in jail if the Rudd government has its way: http://www.theage.com.au/national/people-smuggling-proposals-blasted-20100427-tq3n.html

Not surprisingly, not a squeek of protest from the opposition - you

Comments

[quatrefoil]

Perhaps they'll make this law retrospective. In which case I'm likely to end up in gaol for the care packages I organised to send to people in detention centres during the Howard era.

Guess I won't be putting my name on the parcel next time, then.