George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

There are a number of issues there. Let me deal with the last one first. As you know, Australia—I believe with support from your party, along with other parties in this chamber—agreed last September to accept 12,000 humanitarian refugees fleeing from the Syrian conflict. We are processing those refugees in a careful and methodical way; we have begun that. The first of those refugees have arrived, as you know. We are identifying suitable candidates and subjecting them to appropriate tests, including security tests.