Peter Dutton intervened to allow criminal to extend stay in Australia

Peter Dutton granted a visitor visa to the person despite there being no evidence of a required change in circumstances since earlier refusals.Peter Dutton granted a visitor visa to the person despite there being no evidence of a required change in circumstances since earlier refusals.Peter Dutton personally intervened to allow a person with criminal convictions to stay in Australia for a further two months despite his department refusing on three previous occasions.

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup The person’s visa was referred to the character cancellation unit “for refusal consideration … due to offshore criminal convictions”, the nature of which are redacted. In a section titled “immigration history”, it said the person had previously had “two visitor visa applications refused” because they “failed to submit the required police clearance”.

The submission noted that Dutton could only exercise his power if he were satisfied “substantially different compelling and compassionate circumstances have developed since the previous refusal”. The person had not advised of any change of circumstances since the delegate’s decision, it said.

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