“Well, that was one boat that did get stopped, wasn't it?”

—  Tony Abbott

On the "Costa Concordia disaster" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia_disaster, which claimed the lives of 33 people. Quoted in "Abbott under fire for Italian shipwreck joke" http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-20/abbott-in-stop-the-boats-gaffe/3784554 ABC News, January 20, 2012.
2012

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