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Nov 15, 2013
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When Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison recently said he would only be giving one media briefing a week on border protection issues, the alarm bells started ringing. A media blackout on an issue that virtually dominated the election?

Was this new nanny state intent on blanketing possible failures and mistakes in a bid to avoid the persecution…

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