The asylum seeker story you should have read this week
Laura TingleColumnistUpdated
The cacophony of dire warnings from the Morrison government over asylum seekers this week, as it sought to turn a defeat in the parliament into a political victory, meant two major developments in the policy and politics of border protection policy have been largely overlooked.
The first involves an extraordinary story which, in any other week, would have (should have) dominated the news.
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Laura Tingle is chief political correspondent for the ABC's 7.30 program. She is the staff-elected director of the ABC. Connect with Laura on Twitter.
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