‘Admission of guilt’: Albanese government to revise Direction 99

Shadow Home Affairs Minister James Paterson has weighed in on the Albanese government's decision to revise its controversial Direction 99 ruling. Mr Paterson claimed the government’s backflip on Direction 99 was an “admission of guilt”. “The government has effectively made a very serious admission of guilt today, they are now going to revise Direction 99 issued by Andrew Giles after spending days defending it,” Mr Paterson said.