With the Senate continuing to talk FoFA and the House continuing to talk automotive transformations, it is time we headed out into the Canberran eve. *
Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue was just behind with 26 per cent (he would have us all talking so proper!)
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine was next with a hairy 24 per cent.
Then came Russell Crowe as Gladiator on 14 per cent and Eric Bana as the Hulk on a puny 9 per cent (better luck next time, Hulk!)
As of September 30, there were 1060 asylum seekers on Manus Island and 1167 on Nauru.
Also as of September 30, there have been 44 positive and 40 negative refugee status assessments on Manus Island.
There have been 250 positive and 79 negative assessments on Nauru.
Operation Sovereign Borders update ahoy!
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has just issued a statement.
"Eight of nine months in 2014 have passed without a successful people smuggling venture to Australia as the government’s policies under Operation Sovereign Borders continue to sustainably deter illegal boat arrivals.
"Just one venture arrived successfully this year with all persons on board transferred to Nauru whereas under the former Labor Government in the year preceding Operation Sovereign Borders 401 illegal boats arrived with 26,543 people on board."
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"Today, the terrorists have won."
Deputy technology editor Ben Grubb has filed on the national security laws that passed Parliament earlier today.
He argues that Labor did not "do its jobs properly" by letting them through.