2018-07-12
Comments from both Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese confirm Labor has abandoned all compassion on refugee policy, Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick McKim says.
“This confirms Labor’s total capitulation and moral cowardice,” Senator McKim said.
“The figureheads of Labor’s left and right factions are now on a unity ticket with Peter Dutton and Pauline Hanson.”
“There are still hundreds of men, women and children languishing in indefinite offshore detention on Manus Island and Nauru, having been sent there by the Labor Party five years ago.”
“It’s a sad day when Labor betrays the views of so many of its supporters in the hope of chasing votes from One Nation and the Coalition.”