John Clarke QC has wrapped up his investigation into the Mohamed Haneef affair, in which an innocent man was accused of being a terrorist.
Amongst all the damning evidence of Federal police incompetence and political interference, the most interesting thing was Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews’ decision to cancel Dr Haneef’s visa.
That was described as “mystifying”.
Of course it’s not mystifying at all.
Andrews was a populist little toady pandering to a government led by a racist and autocratic leader who knew that fear is a much better way to control the public than compassion.
And it was in the lead-up to an election, when then previous election had been won on the back of appearing to take a hard-line on issues exactly like this.
So where’s the mystery?
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