The Albanese government’s flip-flopping over a decision to reverse Australia’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has been called the “most significant mistake” made in years by the opposition leader.
The Liberal-National party’s Peter Dutton told journalists at a press conference in the Northern Territory on Oct. 19 called the federal Labor government’s behaviour one of the biggest “foreign affairs blunders in many years.”
“This really is a very significant mistake that’s been made by [Foreign Minister] Penny Wong and [Prime Minister] Anthony Albanese,” Dutton said.
“They lied about it, they deceived people in relation to the decision-making process. Obviously, words went up on the website that they didn’t know about, and their first response was to cover it up,” he said….