Hewson's view: Can a scare campaign on boat people save the Morrison government?

By John Hewson
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:48am, first published February 14 2019 - 7:00pm
Be afraid?: A boatload of asylum seekers arrive on Christmas Island in 2013. The Morrison government is reopening the Christmas Island detention facility claiming the medevac legislation will restart the boats.
Be afraid?: A boatload of asylum seekers arrive on Christmas Island in 2013. The Morrison government is reopening the Christmas Island detention facility claiming the medevac legislation will restart the boats.

This week Scott Morrison launched what will be a massive scare campaign on border security following his historic loss in the Parliament on the so-called medevac legislation.

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