Lessons from Howard years of turning back boats

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Journalists and lobbyists are already getting prepared for the Abbott government’s Operation Sovereign Borders. Whether Howard’s asylum seeker policy really did stem the boats or whether it was a matter of social and international context, is debatable. Senators and journalists are questioning whether an Abbott government will actually turn the boats around given its dangerous history.

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