Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Has the Prime Minister referred the serious leaks from his cabinet on national security issues to the Australian Federal Police?

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The National Security Committee of the cabinet, the Expenditure Review Committee of the cabinet, all the cabinet committees, the cabinet itself—they are all getting on with good government. I really love this fixation by members opposite on last week's cabinet meeting, because last week's cabinet meeting decided to strip citizenship from terrorists with dual nationalities. It has taken members opposite some eight days of playing politics to finally come up and support this eminently sensible measure that the government decided upon early last week. Members opposite can ask me any number of questions about process. They can ask me any number of questions about who said what, when and what was decided by whom and under what circumstances. They can ask me any number of those insider questions and all my answers will be about what matters to the people of Australia, and what matters to the people of Australia is that this government knows where it stands on national security. We know where we stand on national security. We are absolutely crystal clear that someone who raises a gun or a knife to any Australian because of who we are has absolutely forfeited any right to be considered one of us. While we are concentrating on national security, the opposition—

Richard Marles (Corio, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order on the basis of hapless government confusion. Show us the bill!

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

If the member for Corio tries an antic like that again, he will leave under 94(a).

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The interjector who came to the microphone says, 'Show us the bill!' The Bill sitting opposite called this legislation, which he now wants bipartisanship on, dog-whistling just 24 hours ago. So what has happened to the Leader of the Opposition? Something that today deserves bipartisanship yesterday was dog-whistling. This government is consistent. This government will never waver in our determination to ensure that the Australian people are as safe as we humanly can be. And we are absolutely determined to strip the citizenship from dual nationals who are guilty of terrorism against Australians.