Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

They just don't like hearing the truth, do they? Report after report found gaping holes in Mr Dutton's rorted visa system, which was letting criminals into the country. It was a visa system that allowed foreign organised-crime syndicates into the country. These included the Albanian mafia, who engaged in drug trafficking, money laundering, slavery and sexual exploitation. Who was the minister the whole time that was happening? It was Mr Dutton. What did he do in the wake of all these reports? He cut compliance officers by 50 per cent. That was his solution—reducing compliance, not increasing it. There was a visa backlog of one million applications. Who was the minister who let that happen? It was Mr Dutton. For all his tough talk on boat arrivals, what happened when Mr Dutton was in charge? In 2018, a boat ran aground in Far North Queensland carrying 15 asylum seekers.