Visas for Palestinians taking average of four months, data shows, not 24 hours as Coalition claimed
by Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspon from World news | The Guardian on (#6R7QK)
Exclusive: Guardian Australia found Coalition politicians cited the 24-hour figure in interviews on at least 12 occasions in August
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It was one of the most potent talking points during the Coalition's campaign against rushed" visas to Palestinians fleeing Gaza.
It is not appropriate to give 3,000 tourist visas to people leaving a war zone controlled by a terrorist organisation in an average of 24 hours," the Liberal senator James Paterson told Sky News on 20 August.
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