Dutton ‘conned’ by fake terrorism caravan plot and ‘played into hands of crime figures’, Burke says

Home affairs minister says opposition leader's recklessness has caught up with him'

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Tony Burke has claimed the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, was conned" by a Sydney caravan plot that police have declared fake and should apologise" to the public.

The Australian federal police revealed on Monday the explosives-laden caravan found earlier this year in the outer Sydney suburb of Dural was a fake terrorism plot". The AFP deputy commissioner, Krissy Barrett, said investigators now believed the caravan incident was concocted by criminals who wanted to cause fear for personal benefit.

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