Dutton: "If you've got a specific allegation to put then you should put it, but make it publicly, and then we'll deal with the consequences." #auspol
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Peter Dutton press conference about Huang Xiangmo lunch.
Reporter asks if the private meeting, combined with the au pair incident, carries a stench that his office "is open to the highest bidder".
Dutton: "If you want to say that publicly, I'd be happy to take you on." #auspol
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Dutton: "You can accuse me of a lot of things, and people often do on social media, as being too hard and don't smile enough and all the rest of it." "But I'll tell you this, nobody has ever accused me of acting improperly or receiving payments or anything of that description."
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Malcolm Turnbull has gone bang. "Peter Dutton has got to a lot to explain about this. He’s supposed to be the minister responsible for ensuring Australian politics isn’t influenced by foreign actors," he tells reporters in Sydney.
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Turnbull has also given Scott Morrison a massive spray. "Scott Morrison is the prime minister and you can't wave this off and say that it is all part of gossip and of the bubble. This is the national security of Australia."
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Turnbull: "This has to be addressed at the highest level of security, priority, urgency, by the prime minister. The buck stops with him."
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Turnbull: "I know what it is like to be prime minister and ultimately you are responsible. And so, Scott Morrison has to deal with this Peter Dutton issue." Never fails to ensure his interventions are dramatic, hey? Quite a way to enter the fray.
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