Opposition leader Peter Dutton has justified 'racist' comments he made in 2016 about Lebanese Muslims migrating to Australia, insisting there was an 'overrepresentation' of 'people who were radicalised'.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has justified "racist" comments he made in 2016 about Lebanese Muslims.The Settlement Council of Australia said, "bigotry has no place in our country, let alone in Australian parliament."
"Yeah, well, again, at the time it was in the context of an attempted attack on an A380, to bring down an A380 . There were a number of terrorist attacks that were thwarted in our country and there was an over-representation. And you can sort of tiptoe around it and pretend that it’s not an issue," Dutton replied.
The council, which is the peak body for services helping refugees and migrants settle in Australia, said: "Politicians especially should carefully consider the ripple effects of comments they make about minority faith and cultural communities. Dutton said the descendants of these migrants represented a large portion of those who had recently travelled overseas as foreign fighters.
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