Let’s not forget Dutton at Boomgate when exposed he offered to resign. You can malign a pacific nation but not Peter Dutton. He apologized to Tony Abbott for getting caught and not to the people of the Pacific.
Lawyers for a refugee activist being sued by Peter Dutton for labelling him “a rape apologist” say the case has serious implications for freedom of speech, and politicians should be more tolerant of criticism.
In a report by Liberty Victoria’s Rights Advocacy Project released in May last year, former Fraser-era immigration minister Ian Macphee said he was “disgusted by the power accorded to current ministers regarding the lives of people fleeing persecution”.
“Ministers now exercise power that is mostly beyond the review of judges,” he said. “Such power should be exercised humanely and in accordance with morality, not absolute law.
“The law and its practice is now unjust. It is un-Australian.”
Turnbull, in choosing Dutton in the first place and then expanding his power, shows no judgement of ability and no regard for the best interests of the country, the rights of individuals, or the separation of powers.
He will gladly sacrifice our democracy in order to maintain his position.
He is a self-serving coward.
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