I am bitterly opposed to immigration detention. And have long admired the activists who work tirelessly to get the federal government to do better, to recognise why it is that refugees seek to come to Australia.

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Those people who worked on the Home to Bilo campaign? Bloody geniuses. They were the ones who saved Priya Nadesalingam and Nades Murugappan and their two daughters Kopika, then two, and Tharnicaa, from being deported in the middle of the night. Or take Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition, who's been working on behalf of refugees since Cleopatra was a girl.

By the way, that Bilo family are happy little locals now (also, how come only Biloela gets the Nades food truck?). Jealous.

Just a few weeks ago, as Australia was dealing with the insanity of neo-Nazis, Rintoul had this to say: "Disgracefully, the federal Labor government has pandered to anti-migrant racism with claims that it is already cutting immigration. And Labor continues to scapegoat refugees and non-citizens with its deplorable deportation laws and the use of Nauru as an offshore prison. Racist scapegoating must be rejected. Immigration is not responsible for the housing and rental crisis or the cost of living."

Absolutely wonderful sentiments. But right now, I'm absolutely loving immigration detention. Why the hypocritical change of heart?

Look, I'm not proud of myself but I'm experiencing intense schadenfreude - that feeling of pleasure at someone else's misfortune. Let me explain.

There was this bloke, Matthew Gruter, a South African, who took part in that neo-Nazi rally. He was one of 60 allowed to assemble outside NSW parliament and yell Hitler youth chants on November 8. I mean, an........

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