House debates

Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Questions without Notice

Visas

2:27 pm

Photo of Michael SukkarMichael Sukkar (Deakin, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Social Services) Share this | | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Under the Albanese Labor government's proposed visa arrangements for individuals from the Gaza war zone, will applicants be eligible for a permanent or a temporary visa?

2:28 pm

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

I'm not sure how that fits in with the housing portfolio. I saw the Manager of Opposition Business this morning speaking about how we needed less questions from the crossbench and more questions from the shadow ministry because they stuck to their portfolio. I saw that this morning, but that didn't last a matter of hours.

The arrangements that we have in place are the same that were in place under the former government. The role of ASIO, the use of the movement alert list, the processes we use to vet visa applicants are all unchanged.