Dutton and Albanese's immigration brawl over Palestinian visas is obscuring a deeper and genuinely alarming question
ABCWell this is nice. But he nonetheless still found time to dash off an opinion piece for News Corp's Sunday papers calling Steggall and her crossbench colleagues and Labor MPs "Hamas' useful idiots". But any person with a brain and an internet connection could immediately establish not just that Gessen is one of the most courageous and consistent proponents of Australia's own views on Russia, or that they have been a generous and welcome guest in this country countless times, but also that the charges on which the writer was convicted in absentia last year are about as credible as this photo of Vladimir Putin riding a bear. Let's sort through the actual facts Due to some unidentified departmental dunderplunken's insistence that Gessen provide a supportive note from Russian police, Gessen's visa was delayed, their planned session in Melbourne had to be abandoned and Australia has now internationally humiliated one of the world's gutsiest writers. Journalist and Putin critic Masha Gessen free to enter Australia after visa delay Photo shows Journalist Masha Gessen standing in front of a blue background.
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So WHERE will they go? Intrigue surrounds what will happen to Palestinian refugees who get kicked out of Australia after minister's mystifying comment
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Blunt question Peter Dutton was asked on Today Show over his stance on bringing Palestinian refugees to Australia
Daily MailPeter Dutton raises prospect of a 'catastrophic outcome' in Australia because of visas for Palestinians
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Peter Dutton issues chilling warning to Anthony Albanese about threat to Australia's Jewish community - as he demands crisis meeting over Israel-Gaza crisis effects in Australia
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Anthony Albanese's voice quivers with rage as he erupts at Peter Dutton over Israel, Palestine and High Court decision that freed criminals: 'I didn't think he could go this low'
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