Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

I think we all know that Senator Paterson's chief job in the opposition is to protect the honour of Mr Dutton, and he's doing a very good job of that today. Unfortunately for Senator Paterson, the truth is that, while the Leader of the Opposition was the home affairs minister, two men convicted of being accessories to murder were released on his watch. And 102 convicted sex offenders, among them 64 child sex offenders, were released on Mr Dutton's watch. How come you never talk about that? How come you never talk about the fact that when Mr Dutton—

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