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Disaster prompts urgent bid for asylum-seeker policy compromise

Submitted by kieronb on Wed, 2012-06-27 14:32

Disaster prompts urgent bid for asylum-seeker policy compromise "Parliament is moving swiftly to a vote on a possible border protection compromise as rescuers search for survivors from another capsized asylum boat."

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