Category: Peter Dutton

Dutton Stacks The Deck – Deportation; Section 501 – » The Australian Independent Media Network

 

In the two years following its implementation, this legislation change has resulted in a 1,100% increase in individuals placed in detention on ‘character grounds.’ Whilst this is passed off as the protection of the Australian community from a ‘criminal element’, what is particularly chilling is the set of sweeping discretionary powers this legislation gave to just one man – namely the Minister for Home Affairs.

Reason and common sense dictate that it is supreme folly to accord virtually unchecked powers to one person. It means we are left to rely on the moral fibre of an incumbent minister to uphold the spirit and intent of the legislation in a fair and just manner. With great power comes great responsibility’ as the saying goes. And therein lies the problem. In Peter Dutton we have a veritable monkey with a match in a barrel of dynamite. This is a man who displays open contempt for the judiciary; who sees the court system as little more than a frustrating impediment. He is nothing if not transparent – it is not hard to see a man consumed by self-righteousness and driven by a personal vendetta to rid the country of all that he personally considers to be vile and wrong.

Section 501 has effectively equipped this vigilante Minister with a weapon of mass destruction. So how does a 501 visa cancellation actually work? Simply put, it can be likened to a card game which has the deck rigged in favour of the house:

via Dutton Stacks The Deck – Deportation & Section 501 – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Victoria the safest it’s been for 10 years, says ABS

New official crime figures show Victoria is safer than it has been at any time for the past 10 years.

The Bureau of Statistics count of recorded crime across all states shows just 75,860 offenders in 2016-17, down from a high of 87,695 under the Baillieu government in 2012-13 and the fourth successive annual fall.

via Victoria the safest it’s been for 10 years, says ABS

Crime, Punishment and the Right of Citizenship – » The Australian Independent Media Network

The Australian Citizenship Act currently prevents a Minister from revoking a person’s Australian citizenship if he or she is unable to become a national or citizen of another country. Despite this, Dutton and Abbott still investigated whether the revocation of Australian citizenship could be extended to natural born Australians, including second generation Australians. The proposal was so radical that six ministers reportedly revolted against the policy in a cabinet meeting. The fact that it was even considered in the first place simply goes to show just how far men like Dutton and Abbott are prepared to push the envelope in their desire to strip citizenship from as many people as humanly possible.

via Crime, Punishment and the Right of Citizenship – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Refugees needing medical care told to leave children alone in offshore detention | World news | The Guardian

An Amnesty International image of children playing on Nauru. Refugee parents needing to travel for medical treatment are no longer able to take their children with them.

A refugee who needs to travel for heart surgery has been told by Australian Border Force she must leave her son alone on Nauru

via Refugees needing medical care told to leave children alone in offshore detention | World news | The Guardian

Breitbart’s Raheem Kassam claims parts of Sweden “are being turned into war zones” due to migration

Read these links and see just how unoriginal Peter Dutton in fact is. He’s not only inspired by Breitbart but he’s applying their tactics to his misinformation campaign in Melbourne. The man does not deserve to be a Minister and wecan’t wait to see him lose his seat in the next election. ( Olddog Thoughts)

via Breitbart’s Raheem Kassam claims parts of Sweden “are being turned into war zones” due to migration

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In urban Sweden and heartland America, xenophobic fake news looks the same

New South Wales cops with links to bikies and drug trade | Daily Mail Online

Several New South Wales police officers have been caught with their hands in plenty of illegal activities, the Police Integrity Commission's annual report revealed

via New South Wales cops with links to bikies and drug trade | Daily Mail Online

Manus refugee attacked for second time amid tension over Australian centres | Australia news | The Guardian

Manus refugee Joinul Islam

 

via Manus refugee attacked for second time amid tension over Australian centres | Australia news | The Guardian

Peter Dutton’s citizenship bill fails after Senate ultimatum | Australia news | The Guardian

Changes include quadrupling the time people must wait for citizenship, but will not now be debated in their current form

Source: Peter Dutton’s citizenship bill fails after Senate ultimatum | Australia news | The Guardian

Two Australian citizens wrongly sent to immigration detention, department confirms

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton wrongly sent two Australian citizens to immigration detention after cancelling their visas, the immigration department has confirmed.

The case has tinges of the wrongful imprisonment of Cornelia Rau and Vivian Solon. Ms Solon, also an Australian citizen, was wrongly deported to the Philippines in 2001 because immigration officials believed she was an illegal immigrant. She was later compensated to the tune of $4.5 million.

Source: Two Australian citizens wrongly sent to immigration detention, department confirms

‘Don’t criticise him, criticise me’: Peter Dutton defends ASIO boss Duncan Lewis on refugee terror link

The Immigration Minister has come to the aid of the ASIO head.

Source: ‘Don’t criticise him, criticise me’: Peter Dutton defends ASIO boss Duncan Lewis on refugee terror link

Australian values and the deceitful dogwhistling of Peter Dutton

Apparently, it is Australian values to blatantly lie and incite hatred towards asylum seekers

Source: Australian values and the deceitful dogwhistling of Peter Dutton

PNG Police And Refugees Dispute Peter Dutton’s Version Of Events After Manus Island Shooting

Dutton claimed detainees were leading a boy into the detention centre. Detainees say he’s wrong.

Source: PNG Police And Refugees Dispute Peter Dutton’s Version Of Events After Manus Island Shooting

Peter Dutton alleges Manus shooting rampage sparked after refugees seen with boy ” “Again, I don’t have the full details and those matters are under investigation.” Minister for Incompetance.

Immigration minister’s version of events disputed by refugees and contradicts evidence by Papua New Guinean authorities that fight was sparked by football field dispute

Source: Peter Dutton alleges Manus shooting rampage sparked after refugees seen with boy | Australia news | The Guardian

Here Are The Brands Standing Up To Peter Dutton’s Attacks On Marriage Equality – BuzzFeed News

*slowly puts down knitting*

Source: Here Are The Brands Standing Up To Peter Dutton’s Attacks On Marriage Equality – BuzzFeed News

Dutton Tells CEOs To Stick To Task Of Donating To Liberal Party – The Shovel

Source: Dutton Tells CEOs To Stick To Task Of Donating To Liberal Party – The Shovel

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton wrong on refugees’ citizenship, Federal Court finds

The Federal Court has found Peter Dutton unreasonably delayed making decisions on applications for citizenship by refugees in a landmark ruling that has implications for thousands of would-be citizens.

Source: Immigration Minister Peter Dutton wrong on refugees’ citizenship, Federal Court finds

Peter Dutton’s Character Test – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Peter Dutton was born and raised in Brisbane. After graduating from the Queensland Police Academy in 1990, Dutton served as a police officer in the Drug Squad, the Sex Offenders Squad and the National Crime Authority. During the nine years he was in the Queensland Police Force, Peter Dutton did not achieve one single thing…

Source: Peter Dutton’s Character Test – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Why Peter Dutton’s crime statistics don’t tell the whole story about crime or terrorism in Australia

We charge individuals with crimes, not ethnic communities. There is an important reason why.

Source: Why Peter Dutton’s crime statistics don’t tell the whole story about crime or terrorism in Australia

Peter Dutton: Donald Trump’s Australian half brother

Peter Dutton is proof that Donald J Trump has a half-brother living in Australia, says Tess Lawrence.

Source: Peter Dutton: Donald Trump’s Australian half brother

Lebanese Migrants Are Heaps Pissed Off For Being Linked To Terror Charges – BuzzFeed News

“Do Lebanese Muslim Australians really have to spend their entire lives being questioned and demonised?”

Source: Lebanese Migrants Are Heaps Pissed Off For Being Linked To Terror Charges – BuzzFeed News

It’s no wonder no-one will help Dutton – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Let’s cut to the chase.  Our refugee policy is a dismal failure and making it worse for cynical political purposes is despicable.  Dutton is a disgrace who has been increasingly emboldened by Turnbull’s weak-kneed pandering to the far right and Labor’s cowardly chase to the bottom for fear of losing the racist vote. Stop the…

Source: It’s no wonder no-one will help Dutton – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Nauru fiasco serves to confirm Danish group’s suspicions of Australian tactics | Australia news | The Guardian

In a very short trip, the parliamentary delegation did see a rare glimpse of Australia’s detention system – although perhaps not the one they hoped for

Source: Nauru fiasco serves to confirm Danish group’s suspicions of Australian tactics | Australia news | The Guardian

Peter Dutton: the man who caused Mammary Tromploeil III to lose control of parliament | First Dog on the Moon | Opinion | The Guardian| You can rely on Dutton

Government MPs are supposed to turn up to parliament for stupid things like voting. But when the bells rang for a division, where was Peter Dutton?

Source: Peter Dutton: the man who caused Mammary Tromploeil III to lose control of parliament | First Dog on the Moon | Opinion | The Guardian

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Peter Dutton: Potato By Name, Potato By Nature (And IQ, As It Turns Out) – New Matilda

There’s a widespread theory that people call Immigration Minister Peter Dutton ‘the potato’ because, apparently, his blank, expressionless (and thus far remorseless) face resembles the world’s most popular vegetable. But it may actually be more related to his IQ. There’s simply no other way to explain Dutton’s latest public offering. In a news.com.au story publishedMore

Source: Peter Dutton: Potato By Name, Potato By Nature (And IQ, As It Turns Out) – New Matilda

Dutton’s new gambit ‘another form of torture’

It isn’t the conditions on Nauru or Manus that are the biggest problem, or the level of care the asylum seekers are afforded, or the tensions within the refugee populations and with the wider communities.

Source: Dutton’s new gambit ‘another form of torture’

Peter Dutton v the Nauru files: how do official statements compare with leaked reports? | News | The Guardian

As Australia’s immigration minister gave interviews that painted a positive picture of the Nauru detention centre, reports from the island told another story

Source: Peter Dutton v the Nauru files: how do official statements compare with leaked reports? | News | The Guardian

Fact check: immigration minister Peter Dutton’s claims against Nauru files | News | The Guardian

Peter Dutton defends Australia’s asylum seeker policies and plays down Nauru files – but his claims don’t stack up

Source: Fact check: immigration minister Peter Dutton’s claims against Nauru files | News | The Guardian

 

Dutton’s response to the Nauru files ‘morally unacceptable’ says mental health expert – RN Breakfast – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Asylum seeker mental health expert Louise Newman says Minister Dutton’s response to the Nauru files were a ‘morally unacceptable attempt to trivialise, dismiss and blame the victims’.

Source: Dutton’s response to the Nauru files ‘morally unacceptable’ says mental health expert – RN Breakfast – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Nauruan Consulate Contradicts Peter Dutton Over Who Is Keeping Aussies Out Of Nauru – New Matilda

The Australian government has distanced itself from Nauru’s controversial visa policies, which keep journalists and other critics out. But it seems no one told the Nauruan consulate. Max Chalmers reports. A senior Australian barrister who applied for a visa was told by the Nauruan consulate she must first gain approval from the Australian government, aMore

Source: Nauruan Consulate Contradicts Peter Dutton Over Who Is Keeping Aussies Out Of Nauru – New Matilda

Hordes of illiterates – » The Australian Independent Media Network

By Ad astra If you had to pick a minister to deliver a nasty message, you would not go past Peter Dutton, master of cruel comments, replete with his trademark po-face and matching body language. Last week, on Sky News, responding to the suggestion by the Greens that we should up our refugee intake to…

Source: Hordes of illiterates – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Peter Dutton’s refugee claims are out of touch with the evidence

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday defended Peter Dutton as an “outstanding immigration minister” after a storm erupted following Dutton’s earlier comments on refugees.

Source: Peter Dutton’s refugee claims are out of touch with the evidence

Sudanese refugee lauded by Mike Baird withdraws his support for Liberals over Peter Dutton’s asylum seeker comments

Child soldier turned western Sydney defence lawyer, Deng Thiak Adut, says he will no longer vote for the Liberal Party because it has tried to “deter the public from empathising with refugees”.

Source: Sudanese refugee lauded by Mike Baird withdraws his support for Liberals over Peter Dutton’s asylum seeker comments

Peter Dutton’s figures on Labor’s refugee policy don’t add up | Australia news | The Guardian

But independent parliamentary budget office says ALP plan costs $1.87bn over seven years, not the $2.5bn over four years quoted by immigration minister

Source: Peter Dutton’s figures on Labor’s refugee policy don’t add up | Australia news | The Guardian

Peter Dutton Bashes Refugees For Being Unemployed And Taking Jobs At The Same Time – New Matilda

The more things change, the more they stay the same. For those who thought Malcolm Turnbull’s ascent to the position of Prime Minister might take Australia’s conversation on refugees in a more humane – or at least less deranged – direction, the 2016 election campaign must be proving sobering. Last night, Peter Dutton fronted conservativeMore

Source: Peter Dutton Bashes Refugees For Being Unemployed And Taking Jobs At The Same Time – New Matilda

Australia’s Hidden, Deadly Migrant Crisis

Horrific conditions in offshore detention centers have led to an epidemic of self-harm.

Source: Australia’s Hidden, Deadly Migrant Crisis

When Peter Dutton insults refugees he insults the Australian people | Lenore Taylor | Australia news | The Guardian

Immigration minister says refugees will ‘take Australian jobs’ and simultaneously ‘languish in unemployment queues’. Well, no minister

Source: When Peter Dutton insults refugees he insults the Australian people | Lenore Taylor | Australia news | The Guardian

The reality of Manus Island – » The Australian Independent Media Network

By Behrouz Boochani This is my answer to Peter Michael whose article (now behind a paywall) in The Herald Sun quoted Immigration Minister Peter Dutton: “MANUS Island asylum seekers are trading taxpayer-funded cigarettes on the black market to pay for ­alcohol, electronics and ­marijuana.” In the Manus prison, a skinny man with a pale and…

Source: The reality of Manus Island – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Election 2016: Illiterate farmer defends refugees against Peter Dutton attack

Asylum seeker who went from Nauru detention to giving scores of people jobs says asylum seekers have compelling reasons to work hard.

Source: Election 2016: Illiterate farmer defends refugees against Peter Dutton attack

Bill Shorten blasts Peter Dutton over ‘illiterate refugee’ comments, says Pauline Hanson would be proud

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has accused the Turnbull government of reviving the “Pauline Hanson rhetoric of the past” following Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s controversial comments about “illiterate” and “innumerate” asylum seekers taking Australian jobs.

Source: Bill Shorten blasts Peter Dutton over ‘illiterate refugee’ comments, says Pauline Hanson would be proud

Election 2016: How accurate are Peter Dutton’s comments on ‘illiterate’ refugees? – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Political reporter Stephanie Anderson looks into just how accurate Peter Dutton’s comments on the dangers of an increased refugee intake are.

Source: Election 2016: How accurate are Peter Dutton’s comments on ‘illiterate’ refugees? – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Peter Dutton Kicked This Man Out Of Australia, Despite His Family Living Here For 20 Years – BuzzFeed News

The only family he has in South Korea is his abusive father, who he hasn’t seen since he was 15.

Source: Peter Dutton Kicked This Man Out Of Australia, Despite His Family Living Here For 20 Years – BuzzFeed News

Dutton risked safety of asylum seeker sent to PNG for abortion, court finds | Australia news | The Guardian

Justice Mordecai Bromberg finds the immigration minister has a duty to provide the woman, identified only as S99, with a safe and legal termination

Source: Dutton risked safety of asylum seeker sent to PNG for abortion, court finds | Australia news | The Guardian

Peter Dutton says news organisations are ‘prolonging the difficulty’ of asylum seekers through coverage – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton hits out at the media over its coverage of asylum seekers and refugees.

Source: Peter Dutton says news organisations are ‘prolonging the difficulty’ of asylum seekers through coverage – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

After Asking For A Photo To Be Taken Off Twitter, This Politician Became A Meme – BuzzFeed News

He really should have seen this coming.

Source: After Asking For A Photo To Be Taken Off Twitter, This Politician Became A Meme – BuzzFeed News

Peter Dutton criticises advocates after refugees set themselves on fire on Nauru – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Peter Dutton hits out at advocates and others who he believes are pressuring asylum seekers to behave in a certain way so they can come to Australia.

Source: Peter Dutton criticises advocates after refugees set themselves on fire on Nauru – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Let her stay: Queensland minister’s tearful plea for asylum seeker | Australia news | The Guardian

Courageous’ Iranian Mojdan Shamsalipoor now a ‘prisoner with no prospect of release’, Mark Bailey tells state parliament

Source: Let her stay: Queensland minister’s tearful plea for asylum seeker | Australia news | The Guardian

Blow to Australia’s $55 million Cambodia deal as two more refugees quit

A married Iranian couple who were once refugees at Nauru have left Cambodia, in a further sign Australia’s $55 million deal with the south-east Asian nation is a failure.

Source: Blow to Australia’s $55 million Cambodia deal as two more refugees quit

Peter Dutton accused of ‘dirty politics’ after report suggested mother deliberately burnt baby Asha

Supporters of asylum seeker baby Asha have released hospital records stating the baby accidentally poured a bowl of hot water over herself, after media reports suggested the mother may have deliberately injured her child to get to Australia.

Source: Peter Dutton accused of ‘dirty politics’ after report suggested mother deliberately burnt baby Asha

Dutton has lost control. – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has totally lost control of his portfolio. The past year alone provides a rich field of examples of his incompetency.

Source: Dutton has lost control. – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Dutton descends further into madness with his ‘renditions’

Source: Dutton descends further into madness with his ‘renditions’