Peter Dutton takes aim at Clare O’Neil, maintains view on Border Force funding

Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton has responded to Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil’s claim of “outright lies” directed towards Dutton, maintaining $600 million has been ripped out of the Border Force budget.

Dutton said O’Neil is an “angry person” and accused the federal government of never seeing “national security as a priority”.

“The budget papers are there in black and white,” Dutton told Tom Elliott.

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In a wide-ranging interview with Tom Elliott, the opposition leader addressed the stage three tax cuts, discussed nuclear power, his stance on breath testing MPs in parliament, the federal government’s housing policy and youth crime.

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Image (O’Neil): Martin Ollman/Getty