Greens senator labels letters ‘disgraceful’ as Liberal MP accuses Clare O’Neil of ‘throwing her department under the bus’
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The Coalition and Greens have rebuked the home affairs minister, Clare O’Neil, for claiming that letters to asylum seekers telling them to get out of Australia were sent “accidentally”.
According to the ABC, which first revealed the correspondence sent in September and October to at least 490 people, O’Neil wrote to a constituent that the letters were sent “in error” – a claim disputed by her own department.
Continue reading…Greens senator labels letters ‘disgraceful’ as Liberal MP accuses Clare O’Neil of ‘throwing her department under the bus’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition and Greens have rebuked the home affairs minister, Clare O’Neil, for claiming that letters to asylum seekers telling them to get out of Australia were sent “accidentally”.According to the ABC, which first revealed the correspondence sent in September and October to at least 490 people, O’Neil wrote to a constituent that the letters were sent “in error” – a claim disputed by her own department. Continue reading…