“I receive confidential briefings, I receive classified information from the commissioner of the Australian Border Force and the department, and I am not going to release that information publicly,” Dutton said. Dutton told the ABC at the weekend he stood by his own account of the incident, which he said was based on advice. Asked on Sky News on Tuesday night to specify his different information, Dutton said briefings were confidential, and an investigation would take its course. If Peter Dutton has alternative facts about Manus violence, he should release them | Katharine Murphy Read more“My position hasn’t changed. Peter Dutton should know better and immediately apologise.”The Greens have also blasted the minister’s intervention, and have called for Dutton to exit the portfolio.

Source: The Guardian April 25, 2017 20:19 UTC