Gillard moves swiftly on Nauru option

By Judith Ireland
Updated August 14 2012 - 5:18pm, first published 4:56pm
Julia Gillard: 'If people want to put up banners that this is a compromise from the government: dead right – in order to start saving lives.'
Julia Gillard: 'If people want to put up banners that this is a compromise from the government: dead right – in order to start saving lives.'

Australian troops and officials could start work on reopening asylum seeker processing on Nauru by the end of the week, with the opposition poised to broadly support the government's plan.

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