Bill Shorten signals harder line from Labor on asylum policy and boat turn-backs

By James Massola
Updated May 5 2015 - 1:08pm, first published 12:27pm
Bill Shorten at Sydney University on Monday. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Bill Shorten at Sydney University on Monday. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Hardening line on asylum seeker policy: Labor leader Bill Shorten and deputy Tanya Plibersek. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Hardening line on asylum seeker policy: Labor leader Bill Shorten and deputy Tanya Plibersek. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has signalled a harder line on asylum seeker policy under a future Labor government, while also declaring Labor remained "pro-refugees".