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Even Australians who take a very, very hard line about asylum seekers - and unfortunately there are more than I would like to think - are probably a bit uncomfortable with the kind of treatment that has been meted out to children in detention by the Australian Government, in their name.

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Malcolm Fraser
Age: 84 †
Born: 1930
Born: May 21
Died: 2015
Died: March 20
Former Prime Minister Of Australia
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John Malcolm Fraser
The Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser
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