23 - 29 July 2013 Issue: 473
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WAR OF WORDS ON BOAT POLICY
n Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has accused Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of undermining the tough message on people smugglers, while Abbott says policy held together with “sticky tape”. KEVIN Rudd has accused Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of seeking to undermine the tough message to people smugglers in the escalating war of words over the government’s PNG solution. Mr Abbott says Prime Minister Rudd is being misleading “to the point of dishonesty” in claiming his PNG plan would send asylum seekers there with no prospect of ever reaching Australia. “It’s not legally binding and it doesn’t say what Mr Rudd says it says. It doesn’t say that everyone who comes to Australia illegally by boat will go to PNG and it doesn’t say that no one who goes to PNG will ever come to Australia,” he told reporters in Melbourne on Monday. Initially caught flat footed when Mr Rudd announced the plan on Friday, the opposition has since gone on the attack, citing a wide range of concerns. But Mr Rudd was unconcerned. “Mr Abbott is out there deliberately undermining the government’s clear message to people smugglers,” he said. That was not in the national interest, although it might be in Mr Abbott’s personal political interest, he said. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the Liberal Party was desperately trying to undermine the arrangement with PNG “simply because it suits their political interests for the boats to keep coming”. While Mr Abbott says the plan was
Homegrown Talent Aussie stars in Edinburgh | P7 held together by sticky tape, PNG prime minister Peter O’Neill says the projects Mr Rudd agreed to fund in exchange for the deal have not been costed.
“The costings for the RamuMadang highway has not been done, design and costings for of course Lae hospital has not been done. So it costs
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ALP Abroad launches overseas voter drive
WITH England taking out the second Test on the weekend, Australian cricket fans at Lords had little to cheer about. ALP Abroad instead focused on the economic record of Australia, handing out pamphlets outside the stadium with the message: “After the Ashes, come home to a strong economy.” The overseas arm of the Labor party used the third day of the second Test to launch its overseas voter enrolment drive. Volunteers distributed flyers with a smiling Prime Minister Kevin Rudd encouraging voters to ensure they are enrolled overseas and able to vote in the upcoming federal election. Paul Smith, President of ALP Abroad, said it was important voters in England were aware of the need to enrol as an overseas voter. “The votes of the 1 million Australians could be decisive this election but most overseas Australians will need to enrol to vote as an overseas voter to make sure their vote counts,” said Mr Smith. “We are encouraging overseas Australians to enrol to vote as overseas voters so they can vote for an Australian government they can be proud while they are overseas ...continued on p3
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