Outgoing home affairs Minister Karen Andrews says she did not know text messages would be sent on election day about a boat interception in Australian waters. auspol
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews speaks during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra.Text messages to voters about an intercepted asylum seeker boat on election day were sent without the approval of the outgoing home affairs minister Karen Andrews.
"A lot of things were happening on election day. What the party chose to do is a party matter ... it wasn't something that was endorsed by me." "A vessel has been intercepted in a likely attempt to illegally enter Australia from Sri Lanka," Joint Agency Task Force Operation Sovereign Borders commander Rear Admiral Justin Jones said.
"It was actually an important thing to do, given the fact that it was election day and there needed to be transparency," she said.But Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the former government breached the bipartisan approach to border protection in a last-ditch effort to sway voters. "What's really clear is that the former Liberal government was far more interested in its own political interests than in the national interest," he told Sky News.
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