[Graybeard58]

AUSTRALIA has officially gone two years without people smugglers successfully bringing an ­illegal boat into the country.

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That they know of.

[naturalman1975]

It isn’t absolutely impossible for a small boat to get to Australia from Indonesia without being detected but it is not likely - and there were hundreds coming between 2009 and 2013 so even if a handful have got through, the policy would have been overwhelmingly successful.

[Oztrich Boy]

Well yes, but to do this unknown, they have to not be seen.
Australian Customs has a dozen aircraft with SAR Radar operating

Which is why most if not all are intercepted at sea.

Second the N Australian cost is inhospitable and a long way from Indonesia so SIEV Vessels tend to make for Offshore islands: Either Christmas Island, which is the main offshore processing centre, or Ashmore and Cartier Islands, where ACV Ashmore Guardian is on station 330 days a year

Both these options result in denied entry, forever (or until Labor/Green get back in government)

[alexander_busek]

"AUSTRALIA has officially gone two years without people smugglers successfully bringing an ­illegal boat into the country."

That they know of.

Yeah, and likewise: "Nobody has died at sea during the operation" - that they know of.

Regards,