The Daily Telegraph
| 7 months ago
Leader Tony Abbott did not discuss his plan to turn back refugee boats to Indonesia with the nation's president because he knows it won't happen, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says. The people smuggling issue was discussed during Mr Abbott's meeting...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 7 months ago
Labor has accused Tony Abbott of behaving like a "lion" in Canberra but a "mouse" in Indonesia, after it emerged he had not raised the Coalition's asylum seeker boat tow-back policy during talks with the country's president. Mr Abbott spoke with...
Sydney Morning Herald
| 7 months ago
Neither Mr Abbott nor Dr Yudhoyono spoke after the 30-minute meeting about what they had discussed, but Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told reporters that "that specific modality, that specific possibility" was not raised by Mr Abbott. "...
Sydney Morning Herald
| 7 months ago
Hard though it might be, when the neighbour has a tree hanging over the back fence, it's always best to talk to them before taking an axe to cut it down. Tony Abbott might think his regular ''tow back the boats'' mantra at media conferences across...
The Age
| 7 months ago
But the opposition insists people smuggling was discussed at Mr Abbott's meeting with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday. Advertisement Indonesian foreign minister Marty Natalegawa, who was in the meeting, has said Mr Abbott did not raise...
