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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Peter Dutton intervened to allow criminal to extend stay in Australia

Peter Dutton
Peter Dutton granted a visitor visa to the person despite there being no evidence of a required change in circumstances since earlier refusals. Photograph: AAP

Peter Dutton personally intervened to allow a person with criminal convictions to stay in Australia for a further two months despite his department refusing on three previous occasions.

The revelation about Dutton’s decision in February 2018, when he was home affairs minister, is contained in documents that were produced to a Senate inquiry that investigated his personal intervention in favour of two au pairs.

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