Linda Burney admits interview transcript left out call for offshore detention time limit

Peter Dutton says Labor 'fabricated' transcript but MP says it was a 'genuine mistake' by her staff

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The Labor frontbencher Linda Burney has admitted her office made "a mistake" incorrectly transcribing an interview, omitting her call for a "time limit" on how long people were held in offshore immigration detention.

The home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, has accused Labor of deliberately fabricating the transcript, which was written by the shadow human services minister's staff and distributed by Bill Shorten's office.