Former Border Force boss Roman Quaedvlieg has demanded Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to withdraw comments he made under parliamentary privillege.
Mr Dutton told parliament yesterday that Mr Quaedvlieg "groomed" a younger woman who became his girlfriend.
Mr Quaedvlieg has released a statement, calling on Mr Dutton to withdraw the "disgusting and offensive" comment which he says is an accusation of a criminal sexual offence.
It comes as a Senate committee investigates Mr Dutton's decision to personally intervene to stop the deportation of an Italian nanny in 2015, after his office was contacted by a former Queensland police colleague.
The committee will deliver its report next week, with Labor and the Greens talking to coalition M-Ps about the possibility of a no confidence motion in Mr Dutton.
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