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| Tony Abbott addresses questions about Indonesia asylum contacts | Tony Abbott addresses questions about Indonesia asylum contacts |
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| The federal opposition leader, Tony Abbott, says Indonesia knows Australia has a problem with asylum seekers’ boats and how a Coalition government would deal with it. | The federal opposition leader, Tony Abbott, says Indonesia knows Australia has a problem with asylum seekers’ boats and how a Coalition government would deal with it. |
| The opposition's relationship with the upper levels of the Indonesian government has been questioned after the federal government attacked the Liberal foreign affairs spokeswoman, Julie Bishop. | The opposition's relationship with the upper levels of the Indonesian government has been questioned after the federal government attacked the Liberal foreign affairs spokeswoman, Julie Bishop. |
| Julia Gillard said Bishop had "embarrassed the nation" by implying the Coalition had Indonesia's support for its policy to turn back asylum seeker boats if it won government. | Julia Gillard said Bishop had "embarrassed the nation" by implying the Coalition had Indonesia's support for its policy to turn back asylum seeker boats if it won government. |
| Abbott said he, Bishop and his immigration spokesman, Scott Morrison, had "a lot" of discussions with senior Indonesian government members, including President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the foreign minister, Marty Natalegawa, and the ambassador to Australia, Nadjib Riphat Kesoema. | Abbott said he, Bishop and his immigration spokesman, Scott Morrison, had "a lot" of discussions with senior Indonesian government members, including President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the foreign minister, Marty Natalegawa, and the ambassador to Australia, Nadjib Riphat Kesoema. |
| The ambassador last week warned "no collaboration will happen" if an incoming Coalition government carried out its plan to turn back asylum seekers’ boats to Indonesia when it's safe to do so. | The ambassador last week warned "no collaboration will happen" if an incoming Coalition government carried out its plan to turn back asylum seekers’ boats to Indonesia when it's safe to do so. |
| Abbott said the Indonesian government knew Australia had "a problem" with border security. | Abbott said the Indonesian government knew Australia had "a problem" with border security. |
| "They know that we will act decisively to deal with it, and look, we are going to take the sugar off the table," he told reporters in Canberra on Tuesday. | "They know that we will act decisively to deal with it, and look, we are going to take the sugar off the table," he told reporters in Canberra on Tuesday. |
| "And we will work with the Indonesian government to stop this problem. | "And we will work with the Indonesian government to stop this problem. |
| "Yes, we have a problem, but it is a regional problem too, and it's in everyone's interests to stop the boats because if we stop the boats we stop the deaths." | "Yes, we have a problem, but it is a regional problem too, and it's in everyone's interests to stop the boats because if we stop the boats we stop the deaths." |
| The Coalition's other measures include greater use of temporary protection visas for asylum seekers and "rigorous" offshore processing on Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island. | The Coalition's other measures include greater use of temporary protection visas for asylum seekers and "rigorous" offshore processing on Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island. |
| The government already processes asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus. | The government already processes asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus. |
| Bishop has rejected Gillard's accusation. | Bishop has rejected Gillard's accusation. |
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