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Australia's minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs Philip Ruddock adresses a news conference during a ministerial meeting on refugees at the United Nations Office in Geneva December 12, 2001. Ruddock
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Australian Minister for Immigration Philip Ruddock speaks during a news conference in Sydney April 11, 2002. [Ruddock announced the outcome of a Government review of mainland immigration detention facilities, which included the
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