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Burke blasts James Paterson's idiotic' comment on security checks for Palestinians

Tony Burke also swatted away assertions that he could not be trusted to ensure proper security checks for Palestinians hoping to flee to Australia from Gaza.

Can I just say, what an idiotic comment from somebody who has clearly never been a minister.

If that's the character of my shadow, then yeah, we'll just deal with what comes at us.

Their first attempt to have a go at me on policy is to provide just the most horrific misrepresentation you can imagine.

It's true when I first was given the job that the number of people arriving by boat was at an all time high. What they failed to mention is the difference between what happened when I arrived and what happened by the time I left.