Mr Dutton says the Albanese government should pressure the court “to make sure that they reverse this terrible decision”.
The opposition leader says a coalition government could cut ties with the court if it failed to bow to pressure.
“I don’t rule it out,” he said on Wednesday.
“But I think the pressure at the moment needs to be for like-minded countries that share our values, to stand shoulder-to-shoulder … to make sure that this anti-Semitic stance that they’ve taken does not advance.”
Only a handful of state parties have withdrawn from the court and two of those countries rescinded their withdrawal before it came into effect.
Jesus, you make him sound like Voldemort!
Oh, wait…
Seriously we need to be worried. Our system doesn’t concentrate too much power on the PM but the far right faction of the LNP are ascendant within the party right now and Dutton has been clear what his goals are.
You can read his inaugural speech here: https://www.peterdutton.com.au/about/maiden-speech/ and most of his goals are there. He has been continually banging the law and order drum since then despite crime rates continuing to drop and Australia being an astoundingly peaceful society.
If he leads a government they will enthusiastically continue the largely bipartisan assault on our rights to privacy and presumption of innocence. I would anticipate greatly increased rates of militarisation of the police and deeper integration with spy agencies/border farce. This is a man who deployed police to stop people in Melbourne and ask for their damn papers. Do not dismiss the threat he poses to equality and justice.