Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I wholly reject the assertion of the member for Sturt at the dispatch box. In relation to the member's question, we are now in the second day of the opposition going down a very low road of trying to stir up fear in the community. It is grossly unacceptable. When the opposition have gone down this path before, members of the opposition themselves have stood up to it because they have found it offensive. I can understand why those members of the opposition who have stood up to it have found it offensive.

What I can say in response to the member's question is that the government will continue to pursue the policy that it has now, including the security assessments that are undergone. Trying to raise fear about this really is, as I said earlier, going down a very low political road.

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