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Bragg was sharing ‘personal views’ in press club speech, says Paterson

Shadow defence minister, James Paterson, says his party will take a “careful” approach to migration planning, and that Andrew Bragg was speaking in a personal capacity at the press club.

Andrew was sharing his personal views in his speech, the National Press Club, we are going through our policy development process. We’re doing it carefully. We’re doing it deliberately.

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