Dennis Richardson’s intervention comes as the Coalition warns of the risks of offering permanent residency.
Australia’s former top spy says Palestinian refugees who may support militant group Hamas should not be automatically excluded from Australia, as the Coalition warns of the risks of offering permanent residency.Labor was preparing new avenues to permanent residency for 1300 Palestinians, some of whom are struggling to make ends meet as their temporary visas block them from work and social security.
The dispute adds to the national security issues on which the Coalition has accused Labor of weakness, after months of attacks on the government’s handling of l “When you talk about sympathy, ultimately that’s a professional judgment for ASIO or someone to make as to how far that goes, how deep it is, how strongly entrenched, how emotional it is.”On Sunday, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton claimed the prime minister had failed to “take the pulse of the nation” on the visa question. Australians were compassionate towards refugees but wary of reckless intakes, Dutton said.
“Not people who would likely bring to Australia the religious and ethnic hatreds of their homeland,” the conservative commentator wrote., showed support for Hamas within Palestine was rising and had reached 40 per cent, double that of the more moderate political party Fatah.
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