Anthony Albanese has taken aim at the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions and the recently appointed Community Protection Board, as the government seeks to distance itself from last week’s alleged bashing of an elderly Perth couple by a non-citizen released from immigration detention.

As anxiety grew in Labor ranks about the government’s handling of the matter, the prime minister said the Commonwealth DPP had erred in not opposing a bail application of alleged offender Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan, which was granted in relation to a previous alleged offence.