Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his question. Such is his interest in this matter that he wrote to me on Thursday and, funnily enough, he also released details to the journalists in the press gallery at a very similar time as writing to me. Such is his public interest concern in this particular case.

In relation to my powers under the character test and the public interest test I will conduct myself in the same way as I have in the other 38 cases that I have personally considered and I will—

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