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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Paul Karp and Benita Kolovos

Peter Dutton doubles down on immigration attacks despite Victoria police clearing detainee of assault charges

Peter Dutton
Opposition leader Peter Dutton defended the Coalition’s attacks on the government over the charging of a person released from immigration detention, which has now been withdrawn. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The Coalition has doubled down on its question time attacks on the government over the charge of a person released from immigration detention – despite Victoria police now conceding they got the wrong man and withdrawing charges.

On Friday the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, argued he was entitled to rely on an earlier Victoria police statement and media reports, as Labor went on the counterattack accusing the Coalition of a “grubby political scare campaign”.

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