They joined a fishing boat called KG4435 and then became the first group of boat people to arrive in Darwin and subsequently settled in Australia in late 1977. Also, the Mayor of Darwin, Ella Stack , fears that the arrival of Southeast Asians could increase the spread of infectious germs and other tropical diseases in the country. He said that while Australia will maintain its quota of hosting Vietnamese refugees on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, there should be progress made to check the medical, criminal and political backgrounds of these refugees. This article outlines the true story of a refugee family and Darwin's police force's arguments against the boat people. Minister for Immigration and Ethics Affairs, McKellar, highlighted the responsibilities that refugee identities have to the Australian public; he also expressed intolerance towards any political motivation of these refugees. Rachel Stevens in Political Debates on Asylum Seekers during the Fraser Government, 1977-1982 addresses widespread inclusion and exclusion of Australian politicians regarding the refugee crisis. Political debates on this issue lasted from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. Three phases of these debates reflected major changes in Australian authorities' views and arguments about the Vietnamese