Liberals building Border Force of up to 6000 with increased powers, page-4

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    Perseng, to many people this will appear as the deployment of military trained personnel against civilians. But don't forget Tony Abbott's crystal clear promise:

    "... "I want to make it absolutely crystal clear, as far as this Government is concerned, people will never be stopped in the street randomly and asked for their visa details," Mr Abbott told reporters in Sydney.
    "That's the sort of thing that would never, ever happen in this country." ..."
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-...ill-never-stop-people-for-visa-checks/6734910

    The moment any person is now taken to task and pressured into producing documentation of their ID, Abbott's crystal clear promise will have been broken. IMO the risk is therefore that what was a legitimate role for security staff to play has been compromised by Abbott's self-serving knee-jerk reaction in blaming ABF staff for what happened.
 
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