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Australian Opposition says visit test is people smuggling accord

Australia's Opposition Foreign Affairs spokesman, Kevin Rudd, says a test of the success of the bilateral talks will be whether an agreement is reached on measures to combat people smuggling.

The benchmark which he has established for the visit himself, and I think the benchmark which the Australian people would hold up to him, is what tangible outcome in terms of an agreement with Jakarta on the question of unlawful international people movements?

07/02/2002 09:42:19 | ABC Radio Australia News

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