Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has defended his colleague’s decision to attack opposition leader Peter Dutton as a “protector of paedophiles”, arguing politics is a “rough and tumble game”.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has refused to address claims from government ministers that Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is protecting paedophiles by standing against new legislation for criminals released from immigration detention.
Peter Dutton has demanded Labor step up and issue an apology over comments made by two senior ministers accusing him of “protecting paedophiles” after the opposition failed to back in tough new immigration laws.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil and Immigration Minister Andrew Giles signed off in August on desperate attempts to have the child sex criminal detainee NZYQ sent to another country in a bid to end the High Court case which this month led to the release of 141 asylum seekers, according to documents filed to the High Court.
Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has slammed Labor’s response to a ruling from the High Court on indefinite detention which allowed for the release of more than 100 asylum seekers into the community.