ABSOLUTE CUNTS
Yes, I used that naughty word, but I did so quite intentionally and in context, referring to individuals whose actions reflect the lowest performative xenophobia and moral cowardice, prioritising political gain over the welfare of innocent Australian children. Notably, some of these arseholes are themselves parents. I’m not a parent, but I still get it. No bigger cunts exist than those who refuse to protect our children or deliberately put them in harm’s way.
In the extreme conditions of the Al-Roj detention camp, twenty-three Australian children remain, their only circumstance being their birth to the wrong people. Human rights groups describe their environment as a “hellscape.” Meanwhile, political discourse in Australia has deteriorated, prioritising outrage over the welfare of minors. If these kidsare not repatriated, their futures will be sacrificed for short-term political interests.
Recent rhetoric from NewsCorp wannabes and Parliament has been deeply troubling. Peta Credlin, for example, dismisses repatriation as a “cover-up” or evidence of weak leadership. Alongside figures such as James Paterson and Michaelia Cash, she characterises these children as inherent security risks, rather than as young individuals who have never experienced a classroom or medical care. The implication is that these children are defined by their mothers’ actions and are therefore not considered “real” Australians.
This exclusionary logic suggests that citizenship is conditional on lineage. It is an extraordinary statement to apply to a child who had no say in being taken to a war zone. By refusing to repatriate them, the government is effectively handing these children over to the Assad regime, a government notorious for disappearances and systematic torture of those it deems enemies. When the Kurdish-led forces lose control of these camps, these Australian kids will not just be “stuck”; they will be funnelled into adult prisons or lost to the black hole of the Syrian security state.
The alternative, which some in the Opposition appear to support, is to leave these children in the camps until they reach “fighting age,” at which point they may be labelled as security threats. This approach risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Figures such as Angus Taylor - the greatest cunt of all - argue that repatriation poses a “security risk,” yet leaving Australian citizens vulnerable to radicalisation through neglect and trauma presents a far greater danger. By the time these children become teenagers, they will be acutely aware of the country that abandoned them while public debate questioned their worthiness.
Even Albanese, who once preached compassion, has pivoted to a cold, "you make your bed, you lie in it" pragmatism. It is an extraordinary statement to apply to a six-year-old who had no say in being taken to a war zone.
This is about a political class more afraid of being called “soft” than of being complicit in the abandonment of children. We are watching a wealthy, stable nation play a game of chicken with the lives of twenty-three minors, all to appease a vocal minority that views compassion as weakness. If we leave them there to die or disappear, we lose any right to claim the “moral high ground” on the world stage.
We’re not just leaving children in the desert; we are leaving the last shreds of our national decency there with them.
