[Greens-Media] Australian Border Force is Morrison’s dog whistle

[Schultz-Byard, Noah (Sen S. Hanson-Young)]

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Friday, 9 May 2014

Australian Border Force is Morrison’s dog whistle

The establishment of Australian Border Force is a deliberate move to cut jobs and further demonise refugees, the Australian Greens have said.

“Australian Border Force is pure Liberal dogma, combing ideological cuts with the demonisation of refugees. No wonder Scott Morrison couldn’t wait until Tuesday to tell us all about it,” the Greens’ immigration spokesperson, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said.

“This bureaucratic shuffle is all about show. Minister Morrison simply wants to talk about refugees and criminals in the same sentence, to further blur the line between the two, for cynical political purposes.

“Rather than finding a humanitarian way to work with refugees, the Abbott Government is simply dog whistling.

“It’s all about cutting jobs and demonising refugees.”


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