In this 2020 article, the late Bruce Haigh, an esteemed diplomat, writer and political commentator, made the case that Peter Dutton was jeopardising Australia s interests and security.
Probably best known in South Africa for his role – as depicted in ‘Cry Freedom’ –in helping a banned Donald Woods flee apartheid South Africa, Haigh believed if people were suffering, he was obliged to use the diplomat immunity his job afforded him ‘constructively and creatively’.