There is something really pretty appalling going on here in terms of political gamesmanship and media co-operation with it.
It suited the Coalition when it was in Opposition to have maximum media exposure of all problem associated with boat arrivals from Indonesia.
The media was happy to co-operate.
Now, it suits the Coalition to minimise media exposure of all problems associated with boats arrivals, and the involve the military in a weekly PR exercise in which limited information is feed out once a week.
Sure, the media can ask questions at these, and the response is increasingly "we won't talk about that for operational reasons."
If the media is not taking an active role in circumventing this attempted and cynical government control of the issue, I want to know why.
Why is this approach not being the subject of criticism from commentators? I really find it offensive.
And here's your weekly photo of the Tony Putin quasi military government in action:
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