Fairfax/Alex Ellinghausen
By Situation Theatre 31/05/2016
He's not exactly Lara Bingle.
Though many have been critical of the government’s efforts to hide it’s ecocide of the Great Barrier Reef, the decision to scrub Peter Dutton from all UN reports has been widely acclaimed.
Last week Tourism Australia expressed grave concerns that the brutality, inhumanity and sheer incompetence of the Immigration Minister was maligning Australia’s national character and ravaging our tourism industry.
One anonymous source from Tourism Australia said “His tireless efforts to convince foreigners that living in Australian camps is a fate worse than death really isn’t helping ticket sales at Dreamworld."
While the news of Mr Dutton’s removal from all international reports is a welcome boost for our international standing, it’s cold comfort for Australians who are daily faced with the depressing persistence of the problem.