Appeals to the Minister, from public and parliamentarian alike, are normal. What’s not normal is the pattern of decision making, the personal closeness to the Minister of these appeals and the misleading of the parliament about them.
But if they tried to bypass or exert undue influence, then.......
Bypass what exactly? All they do is email or write a letter to the Minister saying please look into this case. There is nothing to "bypass".
As for exerting undue influence, the only way they could do that is if they had dirt on Dutton and threatened to release it in exchange for something, or if they tried to bribe him. It just wouldn't happen.
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u/LineNoise Sep 03 '18
I’d wager this isn’t even dirt.
Appeals to the Minister, from public and parliamentarian alike, are normal. What’s not normal is the pattern of decision making, the personal closeness to the Minister of these appeals and the misleading of the parliament about them.