Former Australian immigrant minister Peter Dalton (Peter Dutton) has again been accused of using her minister privilege to ensure that an Italian woman who plans to work for her former Queensland police colleague can stay in Australia, according to ABC.
A few days ago, a Dutton incident came to light: in November 2015, after lobbying by Gillon McLachlan, owner of the Australian Football League (AFL), Darden intervened to release a 27-year-old French woman from immigration detention and grant a tourist visa. According to the latest documents, Italian woman Michela Marchisio was detained at Brisbane International Airport in June 2015, and the Border Guard said she planned to work in Australia as a babysitter, violating tourist visa rules. Darden's office strongly opposed the Border Guard's ruling, demanding more information from the department. A few days later, Darden overturned the Border Guard's decision and granted the woman a three-month tourist visa.
Ms. Marchisio plans to work for Nicole and Russell Keag, ABC learned, while Keag worked with Dutton at the Queensland Police Department in the late 1990s. Ms. Marchisio spent time with the Keag family in August of that year, according to Facebook posts. It is not clear whether Keag lobbied Darden directly or whether Darden knew about Keag's relationship with Ms Marchisio.
"any speculation about Mr. Darden's decision, and his relationship with the person concerned, is totally wrong," a Darden spokesman said. "the minister have the right to intervene for a long time to consider and deal with these matters. These authority are the same under the government of the former Labour Party. "
It is reported that the Federal Labour Party has launched the Senate investigation to examine the legality of Darden's intervention. Before allowing Alexandra Deuwel, a 27-year-old French woman, to stay in Australia, Mr Darden was told that his intervention "could have financial consequences" and that the incident had details that "do not support the minister intervention". It is reported that AFL boss Gillon McLachlan's cousin, the Callum MacLachlan family, intends to recruit Ms. Deuwel as their babysitter.
When the boss of AFL talked about his involvement in the incident, he felt that his behavior was reasonable. "one Sunday three years ago, I got a call from my cousin. Then I said, "send me an e-mail, and I'll find the right person to handle it." That's what I did. " Asked if he received special treatment from minister's office, he said he did not think so. Callum MacLachlan's father, Hugh MacLachlan, was a generous donor to the Liberal Party. But Darden's office said Darden was "not aware of this" when making the decision.
This week, Mr Darden strongly denied any wrongdoing. On the 30th, Darden told Sydney radio station 2GB that he had granted the French babysitter a visa based on "common sense" and stressed that he had "never compromised principles, never". Immigrant minister has a powerful authority that allows individuals from abroad to enter the country, even in violation of the Border Guard's advice. "this is a case of the past. Two young tourists have been detained and will be deported. I investigated the circumstances of the two cases and found it inappropriate. "
When ABC contacted, Ms. Keag declined to comment.
