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On the 25th anniversary of the Tampa scandal, lest we forget the merciless cruelty inflicted on asylum seekers by successive Lib and Lab Australian governments. #mvtampa #nauru #manusisland #australia #ausgov #asylumseekers #refugees #offshoregulag #cruelty
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Today is the 25th anniversary of the Tampa Incident, cynically used by then PM John Lying Rodent Howard to stir racism to demonise asylum seekers by conflating them with terrorism and win an election he was about to lose. #australia #ausgov #piracy #asylumseekers #refugees #offshoregulag #cruelty https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-07/former-sas-commander-breaks-silence-on-tampa/2785164?pfmredir=sm
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The MV Tampa 25 years on and we still treat asylum seekers worse than convicted criminals. Just one reason why I will always call John Winston Howard a lying rodent and the Labor party gutless.
#australia #ausgov #piracy #asylumseekers #refugees #offshoregulag #concentrationcamps https://www.amnesty.org.au/what-was-the-tampa-affair-and-why-does-it-matter/