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For Aussie PM, Djokovic saga was chance to remind public of border enforcer legacy
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On the desk in his office in Canberra, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison famously has a small model of a boat emblazoned with the words "I stopped these".
The model, which was a present from a member of the public, is proudly displayed by Mr Morrison as a reminder of his controversial stint as immigration minister from 2013 to 2014, when he adopted hardline border security measures aimed at stopping the arrival of boatloads of asylum seekers.
