Deputy opposition leader defends herself and labels immigration minister ‘hopeless’. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSussan Ley stands by Dunkley byelection tweet that Jason Clare calls ‘grubby’Both sides of politics are pulling out all the stops as the Dunkley byelection goes down to the wire.You should delete the tweet… This is a classic example of why women aren’t joining the Liberal party and why they’re not voting for the Liberal party, because of that classic, desperate, grubby political scare campaign we saw from the Liberal party yesterday.I don’t know, really, you must wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and think, after 25 years of being a member of parliament, is this what I’ve become? I’m reduced to putting out tweets like this?Anyone who watched question time during this week and saw your hopeless immigration minister unable to demonstrate that he even knows where his criminals [are], what they’re doing, who’s monitoring them and whether the community is safe, would probably not agree with what you’ve just said. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/mar/01/australia-news-live-asio-mike-burgess-dunkley-byelection-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-jesse-baird-luke-davies-sydney
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Publish date : 2024-02-29 21:39:52
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