Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Home Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I can inform the member that there was a recent case that I dealt with—and I won't nominate the Labor member—where a lady was wanting to travel in relation to funeral arrangements. I acted very quickly in relation to that matter. There are matters where I'm advised by the department that there is a pending deportation. Whether it's of a person who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, whether it's of a child with autism, there are many countless cases I can point to where I have acted within a matter of hours. This might be an anomaly to the shadow minister, because, as I say, he doesn't ask questions and he's not across his brief, but the role of the immigration minister is to look at cases on their merits and to act accordingly.

I have received—you wouldn't believe it—over 9,000 representations. In those cases, I've used my ministerial intervention power on 4,816 visas. I have received high-frequency callers on my list here. There are two that write to me frequently. The most prolific on the other side is the shadow Treasurer. He has written to me 192 times in relation to matters.

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