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Most of the people who are coming to Australia by boat have passed through several countries on the way, and if they simply wanted asylum they could have claimed that in any of the countries through which they'd passed.
Tony Abbott
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Tony Abbott
Age: 66
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
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Prime Minister Of Australia
Anthony John Abbott
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