House debates
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Questions without Notice
Middle East: Migration
10:34 am
Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Albanese government granted a visa to Fayez Al-Hassani, an individual openly linked to listed terrorist organisations, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Can the Prime Minister guarantee that his government has not granted visas to any other individuals from the terrorist-controlled Gaza war zone who have links to listed terrorist organisations?
10:35 am
Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
There are seven or eight different ways of asking the same question so I guess we get the same answer, which is that our security agencies never stop collecting information, and that's exactly as it should be. When people first apply for a visa, the movement alert list represents the information that we already have. The different alerts that can then result in an ASIO referral—
Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The leader has concluded his answer.
Honourable members interjecting—
Order! When the House comes to order, we'll hear from the member for Lyons.