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Julie Bishop rejects Labor MP's headscarf billboard in Melbourne 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, depicting the minister in a headscarf. 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.
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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.”