Asked three times whether he supported his immigration minister on Lebanese Muslims,the PM could not answerIt was an extraordinary performance in the worst possible sense of that word – the most powerful person in Australia rendered powerless by the complexity and vulnerability of his political position.
Malcolm Turnbull was asked three times in his parliamentary courtyard on Tuesday a very simple question: did he support the position taken by his immigration minister, Peter Dutton, or that Lebanese Muslims should not have been permitted to come to Australia in the 1970s because a small number of their descendants generations down the track went on to be charged with crimes. Related: Malcolm Turnbull praises Peter Dutton after 'Lebanese-Muslim' remarks Related: When Peter Dutton makes it approximately 'us' and 'them','we' are in inconvenience Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com