Ever the savvy politician, and listening to the whisperings of the tea leaves, Howard has announced a shake up of mandatory detention, along the lines projected in the Private Member's Bills that were to be introduced to Parliament on Monday.
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Liberal MP Petro Georgiou has welcomed the deal, saying he will withdraw his Bills. Howard calls these changes a sensible advance on the existing policy and has stamped his 'ownership' on the shift. And spare a thought for Sophie (oh dear!).
It is far from where we need to be but it is a positive step in that direction...The ALP will keep pushing for a Royal Commission (and this is needed) but the changes wrought by a few Govt backbenchers showing some backbone sees Labour playing catch up on refugee issues.
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