Sam Rae (Hawke, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The Labor government inherited a dysfunctional migration program. We can remember how the Leader of the Opposition self-styled himself as the Sheriff of Nottingham in his former role as home affairs minister—a ministry that he pulled together by using his political power within the government of the time. The reality is that he now seeks to undermine that social cohesion—those very fundamental Australian values of social cohesion and harmony across our communities—by politicising this debate. This is anger and division from the Leader of the Opposition, and our communities should rightly reject it.

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