Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Abetz. Yesterday, the government announced an emergency intake of 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees. I congratulate the government for listening to the Australian community on that one. I am told that there is a mother in Syria who has not been able to leave her home for the last year or let her daughters out of the house because she lives in an ISIS controlled village and fears what the militants might do if they leave. Are these the types of families that the government is hoping to help by bringing them to Australia so they can be safe?