Deputy Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has slammed Anthony Albanese over a key claim about a recently released asylum seeker accused of beating a grandmother.
Ms Ley lashed out at the Prime Minister on Sky News on Sunday as the fallout from the alleged home invasion in Perth on April 16 continues.
Ninette Simons, 73, and her husband Phillip, 76, were allegedly attacked by a trio that included Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan, 43, one of 154 detainees released by the High Court.
Outrage was sparked after it was revealed that the detainee had had a monitoring bracelet removed from his ankle before the alleged robbery.
The Prime Minister said the decision was ultimately made by the Community Protection Board.
Revelations then emerged that Jamshidi Doukoshkan was on bail for previous offenses and questions were raised about why the Commonwealth did not object.
The Albanian government claimed that the protection board and the director of the federal Public Prosecutor’s Office were responsible for the matter.
Ley has taken issue with the claim that accuses Albanese of trying to avoid accepting ownership of the huge error.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government has been criticized for its handling of asylum seekers released after a pensioner and her husband were allegedly assaulted.
The government has been criticized for “eliminating” responsibility for Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan (pictured), who allegedly attacked the couple while on bail.
She said she was “horrified, shocked and disgusted” by the entire ordeal.
“A woman in her 70s, suffering from cancer in Western Australia, has her face on the front page of the WA newspaper,” he said.
“The terror she must have experienced and we have a government that is simply handing all of this over to a community protection advisory board and even the Prime Minister suggesting he is at arm’s length.”
He said Immigration Minister Andrew Giles remained absent during the controversy despite calls for him and Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil to be sacked.
“I think (Mr Giles) lets that get in the way of having a sensible, decent, humane approach when you have the regulators and the legislative tools to do something,” Ms Ley said.
Ms Ley has taken issue with the claim accusing Mr Albanese of trying to avoid accepting ownership of the huge mistake.
One of the 154 freed men allegedly broke into the home of Ninette Simons (pictured), 73, and her husband in Perth before brutally beating him.
On Thursday, Ms Simons also demanded to know why the community protection board ordered Jamshidi Doukoshkan’s ankle monitoring bracelet removed weeks before she was allegedly attacked.
‘How it ended up in our living room is what I can’t understand?’ Mrs. Simons asked Mr. Giles.
“I don’t feel very safe here anymore, unfortunately I don’t, I’m doing the best I can to live here.”
Albanese said the next day that the board had made “a wrong decision… but they make the decisions.”
The Prime Minister said he would not comment on “operational issues” when asked about the issue of ankle monitoring.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Albanese for comment.
