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The claim employs inflammatory language ("ethnic cleansing and war crimes") that implies direct Australian government intent to support these activities. Without evidence that the Coalition government specifically intended to fund war crimes, the claim mischaracterizes the nature of Australian foreign assistance programs.

If there were genuine concerns about AFP assistance enabling human rights abuses, these would constitute serious oversight failures requiring investigation. However, framing this as intentional "funding of ethnic cleansing and war crimes" is a significant exaggeration absent evidence of intent.

Additionally, this claim ignores the bipartisan nature of Australia-PNG police cooperation and offshore processing policies, suggesting these are unique Coalition actions when they were in fact continued from Labor-established frameworks.