WA: Children overboard affair embarrassing for Barrie: Labor
By Andrea Mayes
PERTH, Feb 27 AAP - Defence Force chief Admiral Chris Barrie's admission that no childrenwere thrown overboard from an asylum seeker vessel last year was severely embarrassing,opposition defence spokesman Chris Evans said today.
However, it was symptomatic of the way the defence department had been politicisedby the Howard government, which had tried to cover up the truth, he said.
Admiral Barrie today said he had changed his mind about the children overboard affair,and now accepted that no children were thrown overboard when their refugee boat was approachedby …
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