Peter Dutton and Coalition in a mood to ‘say no to whatever they can’

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and the Coalition are in a “mood to make sure that they say no to whatever they can”. Ms Wong’s comments come after the Coalition and Greens united to reject the government’s proposed deportation bill. The Foreign Minister said what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the government was hoping for was that Mr Dutton would “act like an adult”. She said they were hoping Mr Dutton would “look to the national interest rather than the political interest”. “His party room and he are in a mood to make sure that they say no to whatever they can, even if it’s a sensible piece of legislation,” Ms Wong told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell.