Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for his question. The Minister for Home Affairs has already pointed out how critical and necessary this bill before the House—the temporary exclusion orders bill—is. What our agencies tell us is that the many Australians who have fought or otherwise supported Islamic extremist groups in Syria and Iraq are self-evidently radicalised, skilled in terror techniques and very, very dangerous people. They present a serious national security challenge that needs solving. That's why I was astonished at what was said by the member for Cowan this morning in the debate on the temporary exclusion orders bill: 'This is not effective and not impactful legislation.'

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