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

All visitor visa applications—and this goes to a previous question as well—are decided with the involvement of departmental staff. None are fully automated. We have dealt with this process as people would be aware, and I'm sure the member is aware. The Rafah border crossing is closed. Those opposite said nothing about these issues when the visas were actually being introduced. Now they're not being delivered because people can't get out of the Rafah crossing—and those opposite know that. But that's not the real point of this question, is it? It's not to get an answer. It's not actually to get information. It's to sow doubt and to stoke division and to create fear, and everyone knows it.

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