Peter Dutton and the Prime Minister have clashed over the issue of granting visas to Palestinians coming from war-torn Gaza in a fiery Question Time on Wednesday.
The Prime Minister and Peter Dutton have gone head to head over the issue of granting visas to Palestinians in a heated Question Time session which saw the Speaker call for calm several times.“I don’t think people should be coming in from that warzone at all at the moment,” Mr Dutton told Sky News Australia.“It’s not prudent to do so and I think it puts our national security at risk.”
His query referred to remarks made by ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess who on Sunday indicated it was not necessarily a problem if Palestinians seeking refuge in Australia expressed rhetorical support for the terrorist organisation but flagged an issue with those who supported Hamas’ violent extremism ideology.
“I want to make another point relating to this and the comments from the ASIO Director-General that he made on Monday August 5. He said this about social cohesion: 'This is really a matter for everyone. Community leaders, politicians and media. Watch your words and actions. There’s a direct between enflamed language and enflamed tension and violence'."
Education minister Jason Clare also responded to Mr Dutton’s comments during an interview on ABC radio this morning, inviting the Liberal leader to meet some people who had fled Gaza and are currently living in his electorate of Blaxland in western Sydney.
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