Malcolm Fraser has reopened his long-running feud with John Howard, accusing Mr Howard of opposing Australia's large intake of refugees after the Vietnam War. Mr Fraser claims Mr Howard approached him in a corridor following a cabinet meeting in May 1977 and said: "We don't want too many of these people. We're doing this just for show, aren't we?"
The claim, made by Mr Fraser in an interview to mark the release of the 1977 cabinet papers, opens a new front in the continuing battle between the two former prime ministers on immigration policy and race issues.
Aust 1 Jan 2008
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