... manipulate the public and demonstrating that prevailing representation of people and politics at a given time is a function of power instead of truth as Children Overboard was an Australian political argument involving public allegations by Howard government in 2001, which refuge seekers had thrown children overboard in a presumed strategy to safe rescue and passage to Australia. It was during the days of the ... public. During a speech where John Howard states "We will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they will come" This statements resonates the general ...

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