Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to move a motion relating to the Albanese Labor government and its failure to keep Australians safe.

Leave not granted.

Pursuant to contingent notice of motion standing in my name, I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent him moving a motion to provide for the consideration of a matter, namely a motion to allow a motion relating to the Albanese Government's response to the decision to be moved and determined immediately.

President, the first duty of any Australian government is to keep people safe, to keep Australians safe. The failure we are seeing from those opposite is a shameful failure. We have seen one of the greatest bungles with one of the most serious consequences. This government has mishandled the rulings of the High Court, the case when it was before the court and its responses to it with grievous consequences that have now endangered the lives of Australians, seeing the types of circumstances unfold that had been foreshadowed from the moment this matter became public. It has been a case of failure upon failure upon failure by the Albanese Labor government in its handling of this matter. Failure in the court case itself, where the government allowed government to speak out of both sides of its mouth. It had the Human Rights Commission saying one thing, sanctioned by the Attorney-General—