AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2011
FED:PM quiet on force tactics for boat load
Prime Minister JULIA GILLARD won't say how much force federal police might use to get
the first boatload of asylum seekers destined for Malaysia onto planes.
She's also declined to say whether any children will be included in the transfer.
The 54 passengers on a boat stopped off the WA coast yesterday will undergo assessments
on Christmas Island before they're flown to Malaysia under the swap deal signed last week.
Ms GILLARD's refused to comment on reports that police could use tear gas and bean
bag bullets fired during protests at immigration detention centres to get people on planes.
But she's told ABC radio the government's determined to get it done.
AAP RTV lpm/rl/bwl/jmt
KEYWORD: BOAT GILLARD (CANBERRA)
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