Anthony Albanese has walked back on comments he made earlier in the day where he suggested offshore processing would not be required if the Labor Party were to take government.
"And the thing about the Government is that they waited a long, long period of time before they had finally taken up the deal that was done between Julia Gillard and John Key a long time ago for New Zealand settlement from people from offshore.The Opposition Leader was further probed by a journalist who asked for clarification on whether the Labor Party believed it did not need to have offshore detention.
Defence Minister Peter Dutton said the “dangerous” statement was a departure from Labor’s policy – and weaker than former prime minister Julia Gillard’s stance. Picture: Gary RamageHe said the “dangerous” statement was a departure from Labor’s policy – and weaker than former prime minister Julia Gillard’s stance.
“If that’s what he has said, that would be a weakening of the policy that even Julia Gillard had,” he told 2GB. “If Anthony Albanese said that now, you would expect the people smugglers to be jumping for joy in the air of their couches in Indonesia and Sri Lanka and Vietnam.Prime Minister Scott Morrison was also asked about Mr Albanese's comments during his own press conference on the campaign trail in Tasmania and said Mr Albanese was weak on national security.“I stood up to criticism day after day after day.
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