Abul Rizvi
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If Govt was concerned Djokovic would provoke ‘anti-vaccination sentiment’ in OZ, why wasn’t this considered in (1) 18 Nov visa decision; (2) when he boarded the plane to OZ: (3) when his visa was first cancelled? Why raise it now?
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My son in law just had his flight to Brisbane to attend AFL Preliminary final tonight cancelled with no alternatives offered. He will now miss the match after securing match tickets & accommodation. Hudson may not be Joyce, but
#Qantas
is still Qantas.
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Morrison says OZ laws don’t allow a permanent visa to be granted to
#HomeToBilo
family. Untrue. Immi Minister has the power to grant a permanent visa to the family any time he wants irrespective of where any legal action is up to. Is this a gaffe?
#ausvotes
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@InsidersABC
Greg Sheridan describes Jacinda Ardern as a ‘servile lap dog’ of China. This is from Murdoch’s leading foreign policy expert in OZ who only supports politicians who are ‘servile lap dogs’ of Trump’s America.
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When I was a public servant in Dept of Comms, we were not allowed to invest in any companies linked to policy issues on which we advised. On joining the Dept, I had to sell the tiny number of Telstra shares I held.
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#Dutton
said today “Why have they allowed 105,000 asylum seekers into our country over the last 15 months”. This is untrue. At end May 22, there were over 94,000 asylum seekers in OZ, vast majority of whom arrived when Dutton was Home Affairs Minister.
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Morrison confirms Afghans in OZ for around 10 years & currently on TPVs will never be given PR even if they live in OZ the rest of their lives. The only objective of this position is politics & gratuitous cruelty. No evidence it would make slightest difference to boat arrivals.
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So 70 people arriving by boat over about 12 months is loss of border control but the biggest labour trafficking scam in OZ history involving 10,000s of people whose organisers abused the asylum system when Dutton was minister is not worth mentioning?
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Let’s not forget. The appalling treatment of this family was started by the kind and gentle Peter Dutton.
#Hometobilo
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Sky news again want me to debate ‘Has Labor lost control of borders’ after 15 people arrived in a boat. I asked if I could debate ‘why Murdoch press didn’t make a single report of almost 28,000 asylum applications in 2017-18, many of whom were trafficked’? No response as yet.
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No leader of a major political party in OZ has ever proposed a blanket ban on helping people fleeing a war/conflict. Dutton’s position is straight out of the Trump playbook.
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If 4 people who received same Vic Govt exemption as Djokovic have now left after being allowed in, either ABF airport staff were asleep or, much more likely, policy changed on 6 Jan just for Djokovic.
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Is this the same guy who celebrated abolition of a carbon price in OZ in 2013-14?
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I am on
@abc730
tonight talking about how Govt has taken least generous option it could for
#hometobilo
family, why fearmongering re boats is biggest furphy in OZ politics & Dutton’s abject failures on actual border protection leading to a massive, exploited underclass in OZ.
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Was the 10 days of ‘freedom’ really worth it if 1,500 health workers are now sick or otherwise can’t work? Could have just stuck with Kerry Chant’s advice?
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@BenFordhamLive
This is trash journalism. Try analysing what our international relations are now like compared to those under Megaphone Morrison? I can’t remember when an OZ PM was called out for lying by an ally & could not get a meeting with our largest trading partner.
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Dutton says people smugglers can sniff out a weak leader. Is that what they did in 2017-18 when a massive labour trafficking scam peaked at almost 28,000 asylum applications when Dutton was Home Affairs Minister?
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If our parliaments are dominated by landlords with multiple properties, why would they ever get serious about housing affordability for young people?
@ABCthedrum
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When before has a US President accused Australia of misleading behaviour, being clumsy and lacking grace?
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Dutton this morning doubling down on his assertion he would have had released immigration detainees back in detention. He provides zero explanation of how he would do that without contravening High Court decision. Are we importing Trumpism.
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This is pure dog whistling from Dutton. He would know these are OZ citizens & permanent residents who have gone through extensive character checking. It’s not possible for a politician to sink lower than this.
Peter Dutton has urged the PM to be careful with who comes back into the country amid the conflict in the Middle East. 👇
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By the time this cohort has had their asylum applications processed, they will have gone through more checks than any cohort that has ever entered OZ. That’s why Dutton’s ‘security’ scaremongering was a complete beat up.
Confidential documents reveal that Palestinians leaving Gaza went through eight stages of identity verification, challenging Coalition attacks against the government.
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Imagine the outrage in the Murdoch press if 31% of individuals in a welfare program were found to be ineligible but didn’t have to pay the money back.
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Over last 6 months, 70 people have arrived by boat & possibly applied for asylum while on Nauru. Over same period, over 10,000 asylum applications from people who arrived by plane & living in OZ community. And which of these does our media & politicians talk about?
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Do we know why OZ Govt doesn't require international travellers to OZ to show a negative
#Covid
test 48 hours before boarding a flight to OZ? Wouldn't that significantly reduce risks to other passengers & number of people with covid on arrival?
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I thought James Paterson,
@DanTehanWannon
&
@pwafork
might want to see data on what utter incompetence on immigration integrity looks like. Dutton was the Don Bradman of incompetence on immigration integrity.
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Says the guy who allowed the biggest labour trafficking scam in OZ history & at the same time made massive cuts to immigration compliance funding. A labour traffickers dream.
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Will Dutton et al now apologise for their hysterical scaremongering today?
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@MayneReport
Not sure he was a great Treasurer. Mistakes included (1) Sale of Telstra. (2) Capital gains changes contributing to housing crisis. (3) Zero rating super tax in pension phase irrespective of level of super. (4) Blew proceeds of mining boom & gifted billions to mining magnates.
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Dutton’s appalling record on issues of race perhaps exceeds that of Pauline Hanson. That’s quite an achievement.
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He should have been sacked 6-7 years ago for incompetence. His record of scandals and waste is extraordinary.
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Extraordinary so many Aussies think a Dutton led Coalition would manage immigration better than Labor. Highlights how little Aussies understand of the mess Dutton made of the visa system.
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Dutton/Littleproud are now blaming removal of temporary protection visas. Those were only used for boat arrivals. They have never been used for onshore asylum applicants. Just making it up as they go along.
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In July 2003, Costello, Downer & Hockey backed an ETS as “most cost-effective transition path”. In Sept, an oral report from Howard said Industry leaders did not like an ETS which was then scuttled. This started 20 years of energy policy chaos.
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This battery is built on site of former Munmorah coal power plant. More & more of these are being built on or near former coal power plants taking advantage of existing transmission lines. Sound familiar?
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After yrs of telling us about the merits of privatisation, AFR now criticises Andrews Govt for using a private security company to guard people in quaratine. Go figure.
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The worst of it is that Paterson would have known he was lying.
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With zero understanding of law & policy & zero research into the history, PVO demands sacking of a minister who actually does understand. There may be cases AAT has got wrong but that doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with Min Direction 99.
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Without any evidence, Coalition is arguing 3,000 visitor visas for Palestinians were ‘rushed’. 3,000 visitor visas over 9 months with a refusal rate of over 70% is not rushed. Most high risk visitor visas can be processed in a few weeks including an ASIO referral.
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Paterson says I have been critical of the Coalition in the past. That is true. I have also been critical of Labor, the Greens & One Nation. Perhaps Paterson could point to where I have been unfairly critical or not backed up my criticism with evidence?
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Number of asylum seekers in OZ is actually 117,500 not 170,500. Sky news can’t even transcribe numbers accurately.
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When
@DanTehanWannon
says overseas students have access to OZ health system, that is on basis of holding private health insurance. They do not have access to Medicare even though they pay income tax.
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The basic factual errors in this article are staggering even for Murdoch press. Do they employ anyone who does fact checking before publication? There have been exactly zero people in situation of Biloela family who have been deported.
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Big change in today's announcement is creation of an immigration compliance division in Dept of Home Affairs taking this function out of Australian Border Force. Back to the future and another step in dismantling the Pezzullo architecture. Excellent.
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On
@InsidersABC
Cormann says govt debt is now 'manageable' and not the 'debt and deficit disaster' he described in 2014 when debt was a tiny fraction of its current level & he wanted to savage health & social spending. Go figure.
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This should be widely read, particularly by Newscorp journalists.
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@amandavanstone
There was no such decision on security checks Amanda. Did you read the OZ this morning? Palestinians getting visitor visas go through a greater range of checks than any cohort I have ever known. Try thinking about it rather than just peddling Dutton rubbish.
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Senator Paterson should read this. He would find that TPVs were for people who arrived without a visa (essentially boat arrivals). Palestinians are arriving in OZ with a visa. Why not check basic facts before announcing policy?
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@SenPaterson
You really have no idea do you. Surge in boats you refer to was because Abbott scuttled Malaysia Agreement. You panic about a tiny number of boats but were asleep when biggest labour trafficking scam in OZ history was taking place. Priorities?
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Funny how lots of sick workers & sick customers is just as bad for business as lockdowns as well as being a disaster for the health system. Did the ‘let it rip’ crew consider this?
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When Harold Holt proposed Constitutional change in 1967 to give Parliament power to make laws for Indigenous Australians, no one asked for legislative details.
#QandA
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Coalition Govts in power for 20 of last 27 years. Best they came up with was NT Intervention sending troops into remote communities; welfare card & Robodebt. Now want to pretend an interest in practical solutions?
It's time for Australia to move on from the referendum and seek practical solutions for the betterment of all Australians.
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Happy to bet a good bottle of wine with any of Coalition shadow that in next 6 months not a single boat will arrive requiring anyone to be processed for asylum. But thousands will arrive by air & then apply for asylum as they did when Dutton was minister.
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@SenPaterson
That surge in boat arrivals was immediately after Abbott ganged up with Greens to scuttle Malaysia Agreement. Real message of weakness was from Dutton allowing biggest labour trafficking scam in OZ history. Try learning your public policy history.
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What will Queenslanders think if Adani doesn't deliver tens of thousands of jobs in regional Qld?
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The real question is how did she get a visa and a place within the International arrival cap? Has
@karenandrewsmp
asked that or was it her Office that facilitated the visa in the first place?
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The politics & scaremongering is extraordinary given there is zero practical difference in the boat policies of the two major parties.
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Markson wants a 'thorough review' to find out if the Palestinians granted visitor visas are genuine refugees. If they apply for a protection visa after arrival, what does she thinks happens? These people really have no idea.
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Murdoch press having difficulties with a minister who actually explains the law rather than just dog whistle.
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Murdoch hack thinks EVs are worthless because their price is falling. You need a special kind of genius to work at Murdoch.
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So a bunch of religious RWNJs thought this looked like the Last Supper & decided to be outraged. Surely the sickness is in those who made the comparison?
@pwafork
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Frydenberg was part of the push to water down 18c of RDA but now demands stronger laws against anti-semitism. Short memories.
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@TheRealPBarry
We now live in a world where the work of scientific experts is considered alongside the opinions of people who struggled with primary school science.
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I am shocked. I cannot believe what the Murdoch Press reported was false. An organisation that checks its reporting so thoroughly would never do that! Surely not.
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Dutton claims he will deport all non-citizen criminals ‘immediately’. That not only contradicts his own record but he would know it is impossible to deliver. That’s why he said it to 2 Murdoch journalists when would not question the claim.
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Sukkar on
#QandA
is wrong to say Labor ramped up net migration. Policies to do that were implemented by Coalition. Labor was too slow to reverse those policies.
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When he was minister, we saw the biggest labour trafficking scam abusing asylum system in OZ history. Apart from enjoyment of gratuitous cruelty, incompetence is Dutton’s other defining characteristic.
Editorial: When a little boat reached Western Australia last week, Peter Dutton saw the thrill of opportunity. Refugees have been the sustaining panic of Dutton’s career. The portfolios that have defined him have been built on their punishment.
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With zero understanding of how security & other checks are actually done for visitor visas, Markson is happy to indulge her listeners with her standard dog whistling.
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So Downer thinks proper checks for Palestinians are impossible but were fine for Afghans when the Taliban took over, or for Kosovars when they were fleeing the Balkans war when Downer was Foreign Minister?
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Given size of our coastline and sea between us and Indonesia, it’s inevitable one or two boats may occasionally avoid detection by OSB. But Dutton’s suggestion of an armada of boats is just nonsense given both major parties have the same boat policies.
Former Immigration Official
@RizviAbul
tells us if Operation Sovereign Borders is at breaking point.
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This is complete Murdoch BS. There was no apology whatsoever from the organisers & no suggestion from them that there was any attempt to depict the Last Supper. They simply said they were sorry if anyone took offence.
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Has there ever been a dog whistling opportunity Dutton has let go through to the keeper?
Peter Dutton’s heartless call has a human cost – and a political price
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When Govt had to very rapidly bring thousands of Kosovar refugees to OZ for 3 months in late 1990s, it used military aircraft & army bases to accommodate them. Why couldn't it do the same to bring Aussie citizens home?
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Without leg. change (which itself would be dubious), not possible to have a blanket refusal rule for visitor visa applicants from a particular nationality. Also not possible for the minister to instruct decision-makers to refuse all such visas. Dutton’s proposal was illegal.
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This is rubbish. Dutton didn't 'personally' cancel 6,300 visas. Most cancellations done by compliance staff (which he cut massively) or by operation of law. He set records for people in detention on character but actual removals from detention plunged.
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If Govt genuinely wants to put
#Biloela
family in 'same position as anyone else', minister could use discretion to grant them visitor visas, waive debts to Commonwealth & allow them time to find employer sponsorship. Same as au pairs - no new precedent.
@AlanJones
#Credlin
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Sussan Ley still dog whistling on the released immigration detainees on ABC coverage of Dunkley by-election. Still defending her appalling tweet about a person who was wrongly arrested.
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It’s now past mid October &
@AlexHawkeMP
has still not released 20-21 Humanitarian Program report. He would have received the report in mid-July. This cannot be put down to laziness. What is hiding?
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Before we migrated in 1966, it took my father many months to convince my mother to stop wearing the burqa. My mother said to me she felt naked without it. Don't assume you know what every muslim woman thinks or wants.
#auspol
Women in New Zealand are wearing hijabs to show support for Muslim community:
@RitaPanahi
: ‘It’s being forced on millions of oppressed women. It was forced on me as a child and ... imposed upon women to control, separate and subjugate.’
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If
#Biloela
family is deported, they can't 'apply like anyone else'. They would be subject to s48 barring an application and have to repay a massive debt to Govt. Zero chance of being able to return. Dutton would have been briefed on this. He is again being misleading.
"We've been very specific that if you arrive by boat, you won't be settling here... They can go back to Sri Lanka and apply like anyone else"
Home Affairs Minister
@PeterDutton_MP
on the Tamil family fighting deportation from Australia.
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It’s worth comparing Dutton’s border protection rhetoric with his actual border protection record. His record shows he was the worst border protection minister in our history. Even worse than Chris Evans who allowed a resurgence in boat arrivals.
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Exactly. The watches are a useful distraction from pressure to create an integrity commission to go after the really big stuff.
#auspol2020
#integrity
CEO of AusPost being suspended over $12k worth of purchases of Cartier watches but no one from Home Affairs got fired over the $745m Manus contractor scandal?
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Making immigration all about national security & law enforcement was a silly idea. Home Affairs experiment failed to both stop massive labour trafficking or develop a sensible approach to immigration policy. Time to finish the experiment all together.
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Asylum seeker situation requires calm policy making not dog whistling politics.
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When I first came to OZ in 1960s, OZ day was celebrated with a quiet, understated dignity. Mostly just a picnic or game of cricket. We have now Americanised OZ day into a flag waving fever where your patriotism is judged by number of flags you fly.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton says there is “no dispute” Australia has “one national flag” and it is important for Australians to recognise that.
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In order to excuse the fact he didn’t cancel Ferrugia’s visa in 2019, Dutton keeps claiming he personally cancelled 6,300 visas but has provided no evidence of how he gets to that number.
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Do we want OZ to become like the US where the poor have to depend on the charity of the rich? Isn’t that the job of the tax system?
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I have been struggling to keep up with the number of myths rapidly emerging in this space.
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When Morrison says we will get to net zero through technology not taxes, he means his plan will be paid for by ordinary taxpayers not polluters. It’s ordinary taxpayers who have paid billions for the CCS fantasy not the polluters who benefited.
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Were the Aussies injured in the White Island incident required to pay $1,000 each? Or those injured in the Bali bombings?
Scott Morrison was asked just now about this $1,000 payment. He says it is standard practice to ask for this financial contribution in an evacuation.
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Surely Pezzullo can’t survive this? Rank incompetence is one thing but this is just extraordinary. Hard to believe with so much talking between Briggs & Pezzullo, the visa system privatisation proposal never came up given Briggs was a leading bidder?
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I am old enough to remember this Dutton generated panic about another armada of boat arrivals. On my count, this may be the 5th or 6th such panic Dutton has generated without being called out by the media (which loves a good boat arrivals panic).
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Karen Andrews says she was not made aware of widespread rorting of the visa system. But the published data has been screaming this out since 2014-15.
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ASIO out of Home Affairs. Dutton & Pezzullo’s idea of putting immigration into a national security & law enforcement portfolio pretty close to dead. Now we just need a portfolio with the word immigration in it.
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Dutton talking nonsense comparing students appealing visa refusals with boat arrivals. Former arrive with visa & latter without visa & subject to mandatory detention. Dutton forgets surge in students due to Coalition stomping on student visa accelerator.
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You could close Xmas Island Detention Centre & give millions of dollars saved to the Red Cross Appeal. Or is keeping the
#hometobilo
family in detention more important than the welfare of fire affected Australians?
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Murdoch gossip pretending to be news.
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Dutton says senior officers in DHA are laughing at Minister O’Neil & her migration reviews. Does this mean Pezzullo has been talking to Dutton without the Minister’s permission? Is that a sackable offence for breach of APS code of conduct?
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