Understood, but the point remains. Depps undocumented Yorkie is exponentially less risky than any moslem. I cannot cannot understand why one is allowed in with the Moslem rabies infection, and a nice little dog cant be quarantined until time to leave.
Why the need to kill it?
Constitutionally we cannot have an immigration program that restricts people on the grounds of religion. Politically it would not be acceptable to most Australians either, but even if a government tried it, the High Court would strike it down.
and a nice little dog cant be quarantined until time to leave.
That is what would have happened if they had declared it on arrival. In fact, after as little as ten days in quarantine and assessment by a vet, it's likely they would have been allowed to have the dogs with them. They've triggered the harsher measures - immediate removal or destruction - by not declaring the dogs and quarantining them on arrival.
Why the need to kill it?
They almost certainly won't - instead they will probably be given the option to repatriate the dogs - but they tried to circumvent and ignore the law, and that's why the hardline approach comes in, rather than the gentler approach.
Nobody wants to kill the dogs - I mean, we've got the Agriculture Minister on radio warning them there's going to be a raid and they should send the dogs home before the raid happens. Believe me, Barnaby Joyce does not want to be in the Australian press as a puppy killer.