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Dutton risks jeopardising the fight against terrorism: Labor
Labor has accused Peter Dutton of jeopardising the fight against terrorism, as coalition MPs came to the immigration minister’s defence.
Mr Dutton has blamed Fraser government immigration policies for problems such as radicalisation and gang violence 30 years on, pointing to figures showing 22 of the past 33 people charged with terrorism-related offences were from second- and third-generation Lebanese Muslim backgrounds.
Responding to a national security speech by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday which…