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Down Under
US activist deported from Oz asked to pay his ticket home
2005-09-17
From the Dept. of Just Desserts:
A US peace activist deported from Australia for security reasons says he has been asked to reimburse the government some 11,700 dollars (9,000 US dollars) for sending him home. Scott Parkin, who was deemed a threat to national security by the country's main intelligence agency, was put on a plane to Los Angeles on Thursday. A spokesman for Parkin said the government had asked him to pay the 11,700 dollar bill and warned him he could be forced to pay more if he tries to return to Australia. Billing deportees is standard practice in Australia.
Posted by:Seafarious

#7  If I hear this guy doesn't pay I may ask OZ myself for the collection contract.

Yummy.

I can then use the proceeds to hold a Thank the Military for Your Freedoms party/barbeque, and being the gracious host, invite this loser to make a statement, alone.
Posted by: badanov   2005-09-17 10:13  

#6  They bill. Collecting is another matter, unless he returns to Oz.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2005-09-17 08:34  

#5  Brilliant! - Good on yer mates! (oh, and sorry about the cricket! :)
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-09-17 08:11  

#4  First class, short notice, full going rate/ He will have to get a job when he lands. So much for his Anarchist lifestyle.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2005-09-17 00:40  

#3  A US peace activist deported from Australia for security reasons says he has been asked to reimburse the government some 11,700 dollars (9,000 US dollars)

WTF was up wqith that? Musta flown him first class champagne flight. Oh well: Lifestyles of the pagan socialist, I guess.
Posted by: badanov   2005-09-17 00:10  

#2  Nah. I bet he finds a seat on Mother Sheehan's bus tour though.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-09-17 00:09  

#1  Can we pay Australia to keep him?

Or, barring that, ship him to a 3d country like, say, Zim-bob-we?

Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-09-17 00:02  

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