Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for Fairfax. He's a great member on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland and making a great contribution here in Canberra.

The Martin Place siege inquiry made clear the importance of strengthening the process around gathering information in granting and revoking both visas and citizenship. In fact, the inquiry recommended:

… policy and legislative changes necessary to support decisions to grant or revoke an initial visa, subsequent visas and, citizenship.

The Turnbull government strongly believes that aspiring Australians should support the fundamental Australian values of freedom, democracy and the rule of law. Of course, becoming an Australian citizen is an incredible privilege, and we must ensure that new Australians support our laws and obey not only those laws but our values as well. The vast majority of people who migrate to our country, we know, contribute to our society and economy, are law abiding—

Dr Aly interjecting—

Mr Pasin interjecting—

See this speech in context