Can Scott Morrison turn the tide on refugees? SScott Morrison MP, Federal member for Cook. FOR the past four years Scott Morrison has been at the receiving end of abuse for his uncompromising stance on asylum seekers. But if he thinks being in Opposition has been tough, in less than a week he may have the toughest job in the country if the Coalition wins Government as predicted. The former Liberal Party director, who entered Parliament in 2007 against the tide of the Rudd-slide will become the Minister for Immigration and the man who wagered his all on one outcome - stopping the boats. And it's not just Mr Morrison whose future may rise or fall on the gamble. Tony Abbott's credibility as Prime Minister, should he be elected, could rest on this single policy achievement or failure. They have wagered everything on a promise to stop the so called 'boats'. "We have nailed our colours to the mast on this," Mr Morrison said in an exclusive and candid interview with The Daily Telegraph. There was no way else it could be done...and that is to be honest, if you are honest and serious you have to do it this way, there is no middle course...we have committed ourselves to this outcome. And (Tony) and I are joined at the hip, the shoulders, at every point on this....It's vital to have the full support of the leader. We both have made a deliberate and very clear commitment to Australians to stop the boats. We have made that rationally, we have made it knowingly and we know what's involved in achieving it. Just after the 2010 election, Mr Morrison and Mr Abbott had a discussion about portfolios. Not unsurprisingly, Mr Morrison was keen to move on from Immigration after just a year. But when Abbott asked him to stay, he didn't question it. Since then he has become a lightning rod for the Left, the Greens and refugee advocacy groups for the robust rhetoric and even forceful border protection policy he will seek to introduce under Operations Sovereign Borders. As a result, he has endured threats, to himself and his family as his opponents have sought to render him as a portrait of cruelty. It's a an issue understandably provokes strong opinions and passions. Everyone who is engaged in this debate has a genuine concern about the people at the centre of this. I have always been angry at people making moral judgements...just because we took a different position from them. For those who think there is outcome where no one gets affected is just living in la la land. So when you take s strong position on an issue like this...you cop abuse in the worse possible terms, which I have But along the way you developed a strong sense of conviction in yourself about what is needed and you cop whatever comes your away as result. In other words I know what I have signed up for...I know what I've been asked to do.