[by video link] When asked why the ADF were turning people away, Mr Kolomeitz replied:

… these directions have come from DFAT—who knows where in DFAT. But, look, there's a breakdown in communications here, not just between the ADF and DFAT but between DFAT and DFAT—Canberra and Kabul—and that is going to cost lives …

Have these directions come from DFAT? If yes, who issued the directive and why?