The  Minister for Stopping Immigration Scott Morrison,  has contradicted his own version of accounts about the riots that took place at Manus Island last week.

Last week Morrison insisted that the riots took place outside the Manus Island processing centre, asserting that the death of one asylum seeker would not have occurred had he remained inside the compound.

However, last night Morrison was forced to backtrack from his previous statements, revealing that the “majority of the events” took place outside the the perimeter of the centre.

“As advised on the afternoon of Tuesday February 18, I indicated that I had received further information which meant that I could no longer confirm that the deceased man sustained his injuries outside the centre. The further information I have now received casts further doubt on the initial advice that his injuries were sustained outside the centre.”

Protests at the Manus centre escalated last Sunday night, leading to violence involving guards, local contractors and asylum seekers. One asylum seeker was killed during the disturbance and several were seriously injured.

THE ARROGANCE SHOWS NO BOUNDS

At media briefings during the week Morrison berated journalists for raising reports that contradicted his version of events over the location of riots.

Morrison even emphasised the increased risk to asylum seekers who intentionally left the perimeter of the facility and the fact that the Australian government could not guarantee the safety of those who chose to go outside.

The revised account also casts serious doubt on the accuracy of information from the service provider G4S.

In its statement on Tuesday G4S described claims that asylum seekers had breached the perimeter only to flee attacks by local residents who had entered the compound as “unfounded.”

“A number of [so-called] transferees were injured after they breached the perimeter fence and the matter became a law enforcement issue for PNG authorities.”

In a further remarkable development, G4S appeared to have been unaware of Morrison’s statement.

A G4S spokesman asked The Gutter Trash to forward a copy to the company on Sunday morning. G4S said it was preparing a statement in response to Morrison’s new remarks.

HE HAS NO IDEA

The opposition immigration spokesman, Richard Marles, said Morrison appeared to have no understanding of the facts on Manus.

“Earlier in the week Scott Morrison did not speak on advice, he spoke personally and emphatically when he gave an assurance that the tragic events that did so last week occurred outside the Manus Island dentition facility,” Marles said.

“This is a man who has no idea of what the facts are. This is a man who is not in charge of the Manus Island detention facility and it raises enormous questions about his ability to manage this issue.

“He now needs to hold himself accountable to the Australian people … this goes to the safety that is being provided to asylum seekers within an Australian-run detention facility.”

The Greens leader, Christine Milne, called on Tony Abbott to sack Morrison over his handling of the situation.

“The prime minister must sack the minister and close his cruel refugee prisons immediately,” she said.

“Tony Abbott must take personal responsibility for the failure of the morally bankrupt and cruel offshore processing regime that was started by Labor and embraced by his government.

“Tony Abbott had a direct line of duty of care to Reza Berati and he is now dead. He must take personal responsibility. Blaming the victims of this tragedy is cowardice.”

The Labor frontbencher and former immigration minister Chris Bowen said the developments were “deeply concerning”.

“We’ve had a death, which is a tragedy, and we’ve got a minister who frankly treats the public, the parliament and the media with contempt and drip-feeds out information – and now we see that information is wrong as often as it is right,” Bowen told The Gutter Trash earlier today.

“If he thinks a written statement at 9 o’clock on a Saturday night is being transparent then he is sadly mistaken. He should explain not only what went on here but also when he was told that the information he had previously released was wrong.”



Bowen said Morrison was “very certain of his facts last week”.

“He was lecturing the Australian people and journalists and the shadow minister and everybody to be clear of their facts. Now we know he was the one that was wrong and he’s got a lot of explaining to do.”

Bowen said the Manus Island centre was an important part of Australia’s immigration policies but Morrison must ensure it was being run in a way that did “not unduly endanger human life”.

At a media conference about the unrest on Tuesday, Morrison said: “The deceased person involved a head injury and that person passed away on transfer to the Lorengau Hospital. The injury was sustained outside the centre.”

On Friday Morrison identified the dead asylum seeker as Reza Berati, a 23-year-old from Iran. Berati had arrived in Australia on 24 July, 2013, and was sent to Manus Island.

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Some head has to roll.  The Minister lied.  He has been caught out by his own 'absolute' bravado spin.  The deceased was obviously killed in a situation exactly where it was this prick's obligation to provide protection, and then he lied to cover up his failure to provide that protection.

Further, as has been asked already in the MSM, why did he choose to release the 'truth' at 9.00 pm last night?  When did he become aware of said 'truth?'

smacking arsehole.  In any other Government, this bloke's political head would already be on the ground beside the political block, but you can bet your last rupee that Abbott will try to stare it all down.

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Surely it's the fault of some junior Naval navigator???

woody2014 wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2014 at 1:44pm:


Not sure I accept the analogy, but to go with it.....at least there were no lies like we get from Abbott's Minister.

He must resign.

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As I said, he can only convey information as it is given to him.

Fish mouth Bowen, like Milne, and no doubt that whinging bug-eyed SHY are merely using this unfortunate death for political leverage.......scum!

They rioted, they caused the situation.

Morrison isn't camping outside the Manus Island detention centre. He relies on reports from those who are there. From the sounds of it, the incident was utter chaos, so one could reasonably expect there to be conflicting reports as to what happened. He has NOT lied - he has worked with the best information he had at the time.

viewpoint wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2014 at 1:55pm:



Instead of only reading the last chapter of a book read all the book then come back and say why did Asylum Seekers rioted for. Do you know at all or are you just spouting libturd party bullshyte?