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You're My Au-Pair

In Afghanistan a soldier says to an Afghani interpreter, 'Now remember mate, when we apply for your Australian visa, you're not my interpreter... you're my au pair.' Peter Dutton wearing a blue suit glumly walks away.

Mark Knight

17 August 2021

Following the Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan, Australia scrambled to evacuate Afghan nationals who had supported their mission in the country. Here Mark Knight is making a reference to an incident in 2018 when Minister for Defence, Peter Dutton, in his former role as Minister for Home Affairs, intervened to prevent a French au pair being deported.