SYDNEY: Australia’s Labor opposition on Sunday claimed the government’s boatpeople policy was in serious disarray after a high-seas standoff with Indonesia.

The Tony Abbott-led government went into September elections vowing to turn back asylum-seeker boats to Indonesia, where many depart, when safe to do so.

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