Opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson has slammed Labor's backflip on Direction 99 amid the depending visa bungle as a 'very serious and shocking admission of guilt'.
Labor's backflip on Direction 99 amid visa saga 'very serious and shocking admission of guilt' from PM and Giles, says Paterson
There have been mounting calls for Immigration Minister Andrew Giles to resign over the visa saga. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman "After days of blaming the AAT, blaming Home Affairs saying it was someone else’s fault, now they’ve admitted actually the core of the problem was Direction 99. The Immigration Minister has faced growing calls to resign in the wake of the saga, after cases emerged of non-citizens keeping their visas despite having committed serious crimes.
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