http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/
Back in August 2001, the rescue of 460 distressed, mainly Afghan, asylum seekers by the Norwegian cargo ship the MV Tampa divided and changed the nature of Australian politics for years. After being a non-issue at the 2007 election, this week the fate of 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, including 10 women and children, stranded on the Australian customs vessel the Oceanic Viking, has dominated the political agenda in both Australia and Indonesia. The event has become an unexpected agony for a Labor government that says it can be both 'tough and humane'.
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