PM dismisses Dutton's claim of failing to act on child sexual assault warnings
abc.net.au/news/albanese-dismisses-dutton-claim-child-sexual-assault-warnings/102233520Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected claims by the Opposition Leader Peter Dutton that he failed to act on information provided to him last year, that victims of child sexual abuse were being returned to live with their abusers.
Mr Dutton said that the prime minister was "made aware of it last year" and should "take responsibility".Mr Albanese told 7.30: "Peter Dutton makes all sorts of claims. And the tragedy here is that serious issues, like the abuse of children that Peter Dutton or myself or I would hope any member of parliament has a uniform abhorrence of, shouldn't be used as a political issue.
"It's possible that there may well have been a letter somewhere. I don't know what the basis of it is. Responding more broadly to Mr Dutton's claims of the incidence of sexual abuse against children in the Northern Territory, Mr Albanese said: "They should be investigated by the police. If there are circumstances of abuse of children, that's a crime. And it shouldn't be investigated by a politician or by a bureaucrat. Crime should be investigated by the police.
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