Fed: Labor denies backflip on excision of islands=2

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: February 21, 2008 | Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2008
Fed: Labor denies backflip on excision of islands=2

The Greens said Labor had clearly reneged on a commitment to restore thousands of islands
to Australia's migration zone, and had tried to rewrite history by deleting aspects of
Mr Burke's speech from its official website.

"Erasing lines from past speeches is not the action of a government seeking to be transparent
and accountable," Greens senator ...

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