Peter Dutton of cancelling her trip to Christmas Island, where
Guardian Australia reports she was due to meet the Bileola family of four in a centre they have been detained in since August 2019.
22 minutes after receiving permission from Australian Border Force yesterday to meet with
Priya, Nades and their daughters as part of a trip with a joint standing committee next week, Keneally was told the “defence minister has determined that the special purpose aircraft can no longer be made available for the committee’s travel”. The secretariat of the parliamentary committee reportedly advised committee members that the defence minister’s decision had been triggered by “competing government travel requirements”.