Australian National Audit Office considering an audit of the Safer Communities Fund scheme overseen by Peter Dutton
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Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton overruled his department s recommendations on grant funding for the Safer Communities program.
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The Australian National Audit Office is considering an audit into the administration of the Safer Communities Fund overseen by the Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton.
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In February, 7.30 revealed Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton overruled his department s recommendations on grant funding for the Safer Communities program
Funding guidelines allow the Minister to override the Department s merit-based assessments
Tensions erupt between New Zealand and Australia over controversial criminal deportations By foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic
Another trans-Tasman brawl has erupted over Australia s controversial deportations policy after Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton labelled criminals being sent to New Zealand as trash .
The comments drew an angry political reaction in New Zealand, with Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta lashing out at Mr Dutton and New Zealand s Opposition calling on the government to retaliate.
The latest controversy from earlier this week, where the broadcaster was permitted to film and question handcuffed deportees as they were being led to a plane that would take them to New Zealand.
The woman who said f k off is one of O Dowd s friends. I left behind two children so I was boarding that plane knowing that I was never ever coming back. And then to have those things yelled at you as you re boarding a plane in handcuffs. O Dowd told Newshub. Our country doesn t want you, are you excited to go home? the reporter asked the deportees.
O Dowd said it was horrible . The last thing I heard leaving Australia was we don t want you here .
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has previously labelled Australia s hard-line deportation policy as corrosive to the Anzac relationship.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has denied claims that powerful men are able to get away with bad behaviour because people stay silent to protect the political party. He was responding to extraordinary allegations made by former foreign minister Julie Bishop in an interview on the ABC s
7.30 report on Monday night, where she revealed a group of male Liberal MPs who dubbed themselves the big swinging dicks tried to stymie her career. She added she wasn t surprised that some women chose not to report to police. There s a powerful culture within all political parties to ensure that no individual does anything that would damage the party s prospects, the party s image, or its reputation, particularly at election time, she said on the program.
Prisoner advocate slams Aust MP Peter Dutton for calling kind, caring 501 deportees trash newshub.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newshub.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.