This article is an instalment in a new series, “Peter Dutton is racist”, on Dutton’s history of racism and the role racism has played on both sides of politics since the 1970s.
I was surprised when Peter Dutton called for a ban on Palestinians coming from Gaza. Not because it wasn’t consistent with his appalling record on issues of race. On that front, Dutton is utterly predictable. No, I was surprised because as a former minister responsible for the Migration Act, he would know that banning people of a particular nationality, race or religion is beyond the powers in the act.
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