Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Cyber Security) Share this | Hansard source

The Australian people do want to know this. GetUp! stands for completely dismantling our current immigration laws. What would that lead to? The borders would once again be open to the people smugglers. That is what GetUp! wants. The Leader of the Opposition comes in here and says, 'I support strong border protection,' yet he funds an organisation that wants our current immigration laws dismantled.

What's the second thing that GetUp! want? This is very important. I have here the relevant minister, the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, and I'm sure he'll be very interested to know this. GetUp! want to change the day that this nation celebrates Australia Day. That's what GetUp! want to do. They want to change the day we celebrate Australia Day, yet the Leader of the Opposition, who came in here yesterday and said 'No, we should continue to celebrate Australia Day on 26 January,' funded the organisation that want it changed and was one of the first people on the organising committee to set it up. Those are the double standards we are dealing with. You're going to hear more about GetUp! You haven't heard the last about GetUp!

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