Labor 'blaming the other side' over new immigration detainee legislation

Sky News host Peta Credlin says Labor is “audacious” when it comes to blaming the side other when in trouble, with the government accusing the Opposition of playing politics over the new detainee legislation.

“Make no mistake, this border mess is Labor’s fault – originally, for allowing into the country, some 50,000 illegal arrivals by boat, under Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard,” Ms Credlin said.

“And now, under Anthony Albanese, for failing to adequately deal with High Court’s demand that one foreign criminal be released from detention, and instead, they panicked, letting all 149 out into the community, with no plan at all about how to keep Australians safe.

labor 'blaming the other side' over new immigration detainee legislation

Labor ‘blaming the other side’ over new immigration detainee legislation

“But because the Opposition has failed to roll over to the government’s latest plan, to make it a criminal offence not to cooperate with attempted repatriation, the whole mess is somehow Peter Dutton’s fault.

“In a panicked press conference today … Clare O’Neil, joined by the hapless Andrew Giles, two of the government’s worst ministers, they managed to accuse the opposition of ‘playing politics’ at least a dozen times.”

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