Keneally vows 'blowtorch' on Dutton over asylum-seeker arrivals by plane


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Labor’s new Home Affairs spokeswoman, Kristina Keneally, has vowed to put “a blowtorch” on Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton over the largely overlooked blowout in asylum seekers arriving by plane over the past four years.


Senator Keneally, one of the winners among new Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese’s frontbench appointments, quickly had to defend herself against verbal attacks from Mr Dutton, who said she had a record of not supporting tough border protection measures.


Kristina Keneally during Labor's failed election campaign.

Kristina Keneally during Labor’s failed election campaign.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen


She said she supported boat turnbacks, offshore processing and regional resettlement but insisted they had to be done humanely.


Mr Dutton had been taking credit for stopping asylum-seeker boats with measures that had in fact been the work of now Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Senator Keneally said.


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