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

First of all, they said it was dog whistling. Then they said they supported it in principle. And now they say, or at least the shadow Attorney-General says, that he is against it, because he wants people who are fighting in Al-Raqqa to come back to Australia. If the shadow Attorney-General does not speak for the opposition on this, the Leader of the Opposition should make it crystal clear exactly where Labor stands.

I know that the Leader of the Opposition does not much want to face a press conference. He does not want to face a press conference for a lot of obvious reasons, but he owes this much to the Australian people: to say where he stands. Where does he stand on stripping citizenship from terrorists who are dual nationals? Where does he stand on boat turnarounds? Where does he stand on all of the grave national security issues facing our country right now?

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