It's worth mentioning, that Arden has kept things classy. There is more in another article, (that I didn't link to, because it used the word "slam" in the title) Winston Peters isn't exactly known...
Ardern said a week earlier: “You have deported more than 2,000 individuals, and among them will be genuine Kiwis who do need to learn the consequences of their actions.
“But among those 2,000 are individuals who are too young to become criminals on our watch, they were too young to become patched gang members, too young to be organised criminals.
“We will own our people. We ask that Australia stops exporting theirs.”
It's worth mentioning, that Arden has kept things classy.
Dutton said on Monday Ardern was accelerating criticism of the policy because of the looming election, and that was “regrettable”.
“New Zealand obviously is in an electoral cycle at the moment,” he told Sky News on Monday. “It is, I think, regrettable that she made the comments but that would have played well domestically for her.”
Mr Dutton reasoned Ms Ardern was going into an election campaign and that Australia had no regrets about the number of visas its cancelled and criminals it has deported to New Zealand.
Mr Dutton also said: “I sleep well at night knowing that deporting pedophiles from our shores mean that more Australian children won’t fall victim to that paedophile, and I’d want to make sure that we have a great migration system.”
There is more in another article, (that I didn't link to, because it used the word "slam" in the title)
On Tuesday, Mr Peters said Mr Dutton had chosen a “highly emotive” example by mentioning paedophiles, and said Australia’s policy was unfair.
Peters told ABC radio that the man on trial for mass murder over the massacre had “come to this country from Australia”.
“Did we make a song and dance about Australia about that?”
“It was the worst tragedy we’ve ever had – 51 people lost their lives and scores and scores were damaged forever. It was far worse than Port Arthur, and no one in my country sought to abuse Australia about that.”
“He’s wrong,” Mr Peters told ABC Radio about the suggestion that raising issue with the deportation policy was an election tactic.
“We’ve been saying it ever since our special relationship changed in 2001.
“Of all countries Australia should understand the unfairness of deportation for so called crime reasons.
“Australia’s foundation was a foundation of awful unfairness to good people and here we are in 2020 and we’re having this dispute about this matter.
“They (Australians) believe in a fair go, and fair play. And If they knew what was going on here I think they wouldn’t support it either.
“You’ve sent thousands back to New Zealand and we’ve sent a handful back to you.
“When you send back people who have been in Australia since year one or year two, you’ve lost the plot.
“You can pick that highly emotive case of somebody who is a sexual predator.
“If they’ve arrived in Australia in year one its quite possible that the formation of that predatory mind was an Australian cultural experience and not a New Zealand cultural experience.”
I find Dutton’s comments to be pretty rich considering that : his buddies in the media and in politics all banded together to support Cardinal George Pell when he was accused and convicted of...
I find Dutton’s comments to be pretty rich considering that :
his buddies in the media and in politics all banded together to support Cardinal George Pell when he was accused and convicted of violently sexually assaulting minors, and
his government were happy to secretly import two Rwandans suspected of multiple murders when it was politically convenient to do so.
It's worth mentioning, that Arden has kept things classy.
There is more in another article, (that I didn't link to, because it used the word "slam" in the title)
Winston Peters isn't exactly known for his class.
I find Dutton’s comments to be pretty rich considering that :