FEDERAL opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison has defended his leader Tony Abbott for not raising the controversial "tow back" policy in talks with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday
Mr Morrison said the policy, which would see asylum seekers towed back to Indonesia if it was safe to do so, was discussed with the Indonesian foreign minister who would have passed the details of the talks on to the president.
He refused to elaborate on the ABC's Lateline except to say the policy had been "significantly misrepresented" and he had taken the opportunity to give an accurate picture of what an Abbott government would do with asylum-seeking boats coming to Australia.
He described Prime Minister Julia Gillard as a "blow hard" after she called Mr Abbott a coward for not raising the issue with Mr Yudhoyono in talks at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Monday.
He said Mr Abbott had discussed a broad range of issues with the Indonesian president that included people smuggling and those themes were continued with talks with other ministers.Mr Morrison said the opposition was not in business of megaphone diplomacy or disclosing details of private conversations.
"For the prime minister to come out today with what I thought was juvenile in terms of characterising these meetings betrays a deep insecurity on her part..." he said.
He said for Ms Gillard to call Mr Abbott a coward for not raising the issue with Mr Yudhoyono was a "bit blow hard".
"If she wants to engage in that sort of unhelpful rhetoric it betrays more about her insecurities than any on the part of the leader of the opposition."
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