Minister rebuked for saying letters telling asylum seekers to leave Australia were sent ‘accidentally’
by Paul Karp from World news | The Guardian on (#65XSG)
Greens senator labels letters disgraceful' as Liberal MP accuses Clare O'Neil of throwing her department under the bus'
The Coalition and Greens have rebuked the home affairs minister, Clare O'Neil, for claiming that letters to asylum seekers telling them to get out of Australia were sent accidentally".
According to the ABC, which first revealed the correspondence sent in September and October to at least 490 people, O'Neil wrote to a constituent that the letters were sent in error" - a claim disputed by her own department.
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