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Julie Bishop rejects Labor MP's billboard criticising Iran policy | |
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Julie Bishop has furiously rejected claims by a Labor MP that she has allowed Australia to cosy up to Iran. | Julie Bishop has furiously rejected claims by a Labor MP that she has allowed Australia to cosy up to Iran. |
Melbourne MP Michael Danby has erected a giant electronic billboard at St Kilda Junction, showing the foreign minister meeting the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, in April. | |
The billboard urges the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, to veto Bishop’s attempts to woo Iran over the return of asylum seekers. | The billboard urges the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, to veto Bishop’s attempts to woo Iran over the return of asylum seekers. |
Related: Julie Bishop won't say if intelligence-sharing with Iran puts Australian fighters at risk | Related: Julie Bishop won't say if intelligence-sharing with Iran puts Australian fighters at risk |
Danby said Turnbull needed to order Bishop to reverse the “slide towards appeasement of the hardline, bellicose regimen in Tehran”. | Danby said Turnbull needed to order Bishop to reverse the “slide towards appeasement of the hardline, bellicose regimen in Tehran”. |
Bishop said on Sunday (New York time) that Australia was not negotiating any deal with Iran. | Bishop said on Sunday (New York time) that Australia was not negotiating any deal with Iran. |
“The only matter I am discussing with Iran is the failure of the previous Labor government’s border protection policies which led to an unprecedented number of Iranians seeking to come to Australia and [who] are currently in detention centres,” she said in New York. | “The only matter I am discussing with Iran is the failure of the previous Labor government’s border protection policies which led to an unprecedented number of Iranians seeking to come to Australia and [who] are currently in detention centres,” she said in New York. |
“Michael Danby was a member of that government. He is completely misguided and I find his intervention nakedly political.” | “Michael Danby was a member of that government. He is completely misguided and I find his intervention nakedly political.” |
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