The Australian Navy intercepted three boatloads of people off the North West coast of Australia.
This placed the Navy in an awkward position as the boats were heading not away from, but towards Indonesia.
Another surprise finding was that they were loaded with Australians who were all seniors of pension age.
Their claim was that they were trying to get to Indonesia so as to be able to return to Australia as illegal immigrants and therefore be entitled to far more benefits than they were receiving as legitimate Australian pensioners.
The Navy is believed to have given them food, water and fuel and assisted them on their journey north.
We are booking the next boat out. Let me know if you want to come too.
In the meantime, the Australian government is forcing older Australians to work longer by increasing the retirement age - with predictable consequences:
