Australia Immigration: Labor may endorse boat 'turnbacks'
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13:54 30/06/2015
The Australian Labor Party may soon support immigrant boat 'turnbacks' according to Labor leader Bill Shorten, after party members publicly endorsed the policy. The Australian Labour Party has...
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