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Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs As rumours of a cabinet reshuffle surge, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is pushing on with his calls for Immigration Minister Andrew Giles to be sacked.Dutton was asked today on Sydney’s 2GB about the anticipated shake-up, which is also expected to include the retirements of two senior ministers.“If he’s got any backbone, he would send Giles to the backbench and let it be a very clear message to other ministers that if you underperform in the way that Andrew Giles has, don’t expect to be in the ministry of his government.”Host Ben Fordham asked Dutton if Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil’s job should also be at risk, given she was also involved in the Direction 99 immigration saga.Loading“She was out giving a big speech last week which, I think, was sort of a ‘please look at me, I’m doing OK’ type speech, but she deserves to go as well because we’ve got boats arriving, people landing on Australian soil we don’t know anything about.”Finally, Dutton responded to rumours that Indigenous Affairs Minister Linda Burney will announce her retirement.He said he thought Burney was “a very nice person” but that the job had been “beyond her”.“The voice was a debacle for our country. It was a $450 million waste of taxpayers’ money. It divided the country,” Dutton said.“And even to this very day, Minister Linda Burney can’t tell you whether they’re still in favour of Makarrata, or truth-telling, they’ve got money in the budget for it, but they don’t want to talk about it.”Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles was asked on ABC’s RN Breakfast about the rumours, but he refused to speculate, saying it was a decision for the retiring ministers and the prime minister.

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