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Abbott won't say whether Australia paid people smugglers to turn boat around

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imageTony Abbott wouldn't say whether 'by hook or by crook' included paying thousands of dollars to turn back a recent boat bound for New Zealand.AAP/David Moir

Tony Abbott declared on Friday that Australia stopped the people smuggling boats “by hook or by crook”. What Abbott wouldn’t say is whether “by hook or by crook”...

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