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

They have the ability now to stay. They have the ability under Labor's law to stay here—not to be deported. So what happens at the moment? We've cancelled 4,200 visas of people who have committed criminal offences, including people who have committed rape, sexual offence otherwise, and people that are involved in all sorts of activities that don't bear speaking about in this parliament. They are the worst people. We've deported 4,200 people and we've made our country a safer place.

The Labor Party have demonstrated to the Australian public not only that they can't keep our borders secure but also that they can't keep our country safe either—and they should be condemned for it. The Australian public know that the way in which the Labor Party have unwound our border protection laws in this country over the last couple of weeks should be absolutely condemned. If they are doing this in opposition, imagine what they'd do in government.

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