Fact check: Did former Prime Minister Harold Holt abolish the White Australia policy?

Update: 2018-09-13

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Who was responsible for the abolition of the White Australia policy? Politicians on both sides of the divide have at various times claimed it for their party. Here's Madeleine Morris with the facts.

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