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Currently the world is holding its breath, with swathes of media waiting outside Johnny Depp's mansion in the Gold Coast. An online petition has already emerged to try and save the two fluffy threats to Australia's security, having gathered close to 2,000 signatures.VICE questioned Immigration and Border Protection on how Depp managed to get two unchecked animals into our largely disease free country in the first place. In response, a spokesperson diverted responsibility to the Department of Agriculture, who cover the "importation of household pets". When VICE pressed, saying that surely customs must have been involved at some point, we received no response.However the Immigration Minister, Peter Dutton, did have something to say on Depp's ability to undermine Australia's expensive border security. "In this case it should have been screened, it wasn't," Dutton told Macquarie Radio. Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt also considered the situation dire enough to provide his own comment. "We have very strict laws around quarantine in this country," he said. "People shouldn't be getting special treatment.Media camped outside Johnny Depps GC mansion waiting for his dogs to be destroyed or deported. @abcgoldcoast pic.twitter.com/h6xn93rgVJ
— Tom Forbes (@tomforbesGC) May 14, 2015
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