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Is Peter Dutton at his core, a racist … that’s for each person to decide for themselves… 1. Peter Dutton called the decision by the then Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser government to accept and resettle the Lebanese refugees as a “mistake”. 2. Senator Di Natale called Peter Dutton racist. "There's no debate as far as I'm concerned, the bloke is an out-and-out racist," Senator Di Natale said. "According to Peter Dutton, if you're a white South African farmer you are going to make a great contribution, you're not going to bludge on welfare. "But if you're not white, you won't do any of those things." 3. Human rights lawyers say Dutton comments fuel racism and undermine democracy Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR)condemns the continued attack by certain members of the Federal Government on Victoria’s African communities who are being vilified by the false singling out of African youth as the main perpetrators of youth crime in Victoria. “In 2017, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance expressed concern about elected politicians’ remarks on newly arrived migrants. ALHR strongly condemns comments made, without evidence, by politicians aimed at spreading hostility against certain categories of migrants.” “ALHR urges the Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton, to stop making comments that appear to seek to interfere with the independency of the judiciary. Mr Dutton’s rhetoric that the Victorian government has appointed too many “civil libertarians” as magistrates offends the doctrine of the separation of powers and undermines democracy and the rule of law in Australia 4. Dutton walked out on the Apology, then apologised 15 years later saying he “failed to grasp” the significance of the moment 5. Dutton is hoping to exploit anger over the cost-of-living crisis, housing shortages, falling real wages and skyrocketing rents by focusing on a convenient scapegoat (migrants) rather than the real culprits: the banks and the fossil fuel companies that are raking in record profits, the price gouging landlords and Australia’s rapidly expanding cohort of billionaires. The reality is that wages were already falling sharply, prices escalating and infrastructure totally inadequate at the height of the COVID crisis when migration to Australia had collapsed. Migrants aren’t responsible for the ongoing assault on living standards that is driven by the bosses’ relentless drive for profits.