Jenny Ware (Hughes, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Lebanese national Abdel Wahab Trad had his visa cancelled after being convicted of two counts of raping a child between 10 and 14 years, and three counts of intentionally sexually touching a child under 16. The Albanese Labor government's watering down of the law has allowed this criminal to stay in Australia, making our country less safe. When will the Albanese Labor government apologise for this catastrophic mistake and reverse direction 99?

Andrew Giles (Scullin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the member for her question. As I've said in relation to similar questions, this is a visa that was cancelled and remained cancelled by my department in line with ministerial direction 99. I believe these visas should remain cancelled and I've prioritised the number of cases for urgent cancellation consideration to that effect.