Labor divided on boats says PM
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Tony Abbott insists Labor is "dangerously divided" on border security and can't be trusted to maintain it.
The prime minister says division over asylum-seeker boat turn-backs at the ALP national conference showed Opposition Leader Bill Shorten was at odds with three senior colleagues - Anthony Albanese, Tanya Plibersek and Penny Wong - over the policy.
"What the Labor Party did on the weekend is not conducive to confidence that any future Labor government would maintain the strong border protection policies that have been put in place," Mr Abbott told reporters in Sydney.
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