Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

This interjection, disguised as a point of order, comes from a member of a government that backstabbed two Prime Ministers. We are facing an unprecedented challenge to our national security, and all members opposite are interested in is gossip and trivia. Let me point out, for the benefit of members opposite, that we are facing an unprecedented challenge to our national security. The latest advice from our security agencies is that there are 110 Australians known to be fighting with terrorist groups, such as the Daesh death cult in the Middle East. There are well over 150 Australians now known to be supporting them with financing and recruitment.

I regret to inform the House that it is now thought that some 35 Australians have been killed while fighting for this Daesh death cult. This is an unprecedented national security challenge, and the Labor Party still cannot say—or will not say—where it stands on the vital issue of stripping citizenship from terrorists with dual nationality. We know where we stand—

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