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This was a dark day for the way laws are made in Australia

The brutality of Peter Dutton’s populist politics on Wednesday conceals the risks that the government has taken in the rush to legislate.

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In the space of 12 hours on Thursday, the Australian Parliament passed legislation about what remains, to the public, a largely ill-defined and unknown group of people – but variously described by some of our MPs as “hardened criminals” and “absolute animals” – in a legislative exercise alarming in its chaos, and deeply concerning in its origins.

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Laura Tingle is chief political correspondent for the ABC's 7.30 program. She is the staff-elected director of the ABC. Connect with Laura on Twitter.

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