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

they've been out there talking about Abul Rizvi, a former deputy secretary at the department of immigration. He had this to say:

Says the guy—

talking about the Leader of the Opposition—

who allowed the biggest labour trafficking scam in OZ history & at the same time made massive cuts to immigration compliance funding. A labour traffickers dream.

And, indeed, today he's gone on to say about Shadow Minister Paterson:

If he—

Senator Paterson—

read the whole article, I actually said the national security dimension of this is a beat-up.

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The checks these people go through are extensive, so to suggest there is a national security risk here is a complete beat-up. There is no evidence that the government recklessly issued tourist visas—

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