Dutton Warns Palestinians in Gaza War Zone Should Not Come to Australia

Published on August 14, 2024

Opposition leader Peter Dutton does not believe Australia should be accepting Palestinians from the Gaza war zone at the moment due to national security risks. Amid the Israel-Hamas war, Dutton expressed concerns over the potential arrival of Palestinians with possible ties to Hamas arriving in Australia. “I don’t think people should be coming in from that war zone at all at the moment. It’s not prudent to do so, and I think it puts our national security at risk,” Dutton told Sky News. He emphasised that every Australian would be shocked to learn that the government might be bringing in people from a war zone without “conducting checks and searches on these people” by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)....