Smugglers can't have floating ATM: Labor
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Labor is demanding Prime Minister Tony Abbott tell the truth about claims Customs officials have paid people smugglers cash to turn back their boats.
"The Australian people need to know whether or not our government is paying people smugglers, because if they are, that is a very dangerous development indeed," opposition immigration spokesman Richard Marles told reporters in Sydney on Friday.
He said people smugglers should face the full force of the law and not turn up beside an Australian Navy vessel and find themselves next to "a floating ATM" and be presented with a taxpayer funded cheque.
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