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Rudd wasn't PM at the time of the High Court decision.

It was Gillard who sort support from Abbott, Abbott refused, result was over 1,200 people dead.

Interestingly Abbott has recently acknowledged he may have been wrong in not supporting the government at the time.

Despite you trying to, the bottom line is the LNP have zero claim to any moral superiority in regards to the deaths at sea.