House debates

Monday, 19 August 2024

Questions without Notice

Middle East: Migration

2:34 pm

Photo of Anthony AlbaneseAnthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I'll make two points in response to this question. The first is that the security standard which our security intelligence agencies apply to everyone coming to Australia doesn't stop when they're on their way here. It's ongoing, as the Leader of the Opposition would full well know. If anyone who comes to our country is assessed to be a threat at any time to our national security, then intervention occurs and their visa gets cancelled. If anyone who comes to our country undermines our laws, they get dealt with by our law enforcement. We trust our security agencies and law enforcement to do their jobs. I'll make this point as well—well, two further ones. In the financial year that the conflict began, after Russia's illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine, the previous government issued—

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