Julia Gillard has rejected suggestions her government's detention of children was inconsistent with her subsequent role as Chair of the 'Global Partnership for Education' and has dismissed as a "snap shot of history" Amnesty International claims that conditions for asylum seekers on Nauru were "toxic" and "inhumane". In rare public comments on her government, Ms Gillard addressed questions about the hardline asylum seeker policies undertaken under her prime ministership, which had seen the number of children locked-up reach its...
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