Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Speaker, and I appreciate your advice in relationship to this matter. It's been brought to my attention that the Prime Minister, in quoting the director-general of ASIO earlier, misquoted the director-general. The Prime Minister said in his quote from Mr Burgess, 'If they've been issued a visa, they've gone through the process, they're referred to my organisation, and ASIO does its thing.' Mr Burgess actually said on Insiders: 'If they've been issued a visa, they've gone through the process. Part of the process is where criteria are hit they're referred to my organisation and ASIO does its thing.'

There's quite a different import from the Prime Minister's interpretation and I would ask you to invite the Prime Minister to correct the record given this is the first available opportunity for him to do that.

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