Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration, Integration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

In Senate estimates, Senator Crossin referred to the minister’s public statements about the International Organisation for Migration being an NGO. Senator Crossin’s question to Mr Metcalfe was:

So how could the minister have got that so wrong?

The response from Mr Metcalfe was:

I think you would have to ask the minister ...

Minister, how did you get it so wrong?

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