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 Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:03 am Post subject: Gillard to Present Changes to Migration Law |
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Julia Gillard will present changes in Australia’s migration law to parliament after the High Court rejected the government’s refugee policy in a blow to the prime minister who is facing record-low opinion polls.
Gillard will submit a proposal to parliament next week to make it legal for the government to send asylum-seekers to another nation for their refugee claims to be processed there. The announcement came after the Cabinet and Labor party caucus held meetings today to discuss the rebuff of Gillard’s deal with Malaysia to process illegal immigrants to Australia.
“These amendments will provide for the government to proceed with transfers under the agreement with Malaysia,” Gillard told reporters in Canberra today. “They will ensure the government of the day can determine the border protection policy that it believes is in the best interest of the nation.”
Gillard is seeking to shore up support after her approval slumped six points to 32 percent in a Nielsen poll published in Fairfax Media Ltd. (FXJ) newspapers today, with the refugee issue deepening public dissatisfaction previously sparked by her efforts to rein in carbon pollution. Australia’s first woman to become prime minister, Gillard has pledged to stay on and fight the next election, due in 2013.
“We have heard her announcement and we oppose that,” Australian Greens leader Bob Brown told parliament in Canberra following Gillard’s proposal. Gillard’s minority government relies on Brown’s party in both houses of parliament to pass laws.
Opposition leader Tony Abbott has criticized the prime minister for failing to stem a flow of Asian boat people lured by Australian economic growth and job opportunities.
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