Impasse over boat people turns bitter

Yaren : Nauru | Jun 26, 2012 at 10:58 AM PDT

Source: The Age

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Story continues below The Greens proposed the government convene a multi-party committee, including the leadership of all parties as well as independent experts, like the multi-party climate change committee that negotiated the carbon tax. It should seek a ''positive, long-term, legal and humanitarian... FULL ARTICLE AT The Age

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