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

It's almost as if there were a close relationship between the opposition and Sky News, based on the questions that we've had here today! We know that all of you beat the door down in order to beat each other into the Sky News studio 10 times a day. Hello, all of my friends in Sky News! You're obviously now drafting questions for the opposition—a bit of a promotional campaign for Sky News from Senator Paterson and his colleagues.

But, again, the point is that the process that is being used to grant Palestinian visas is exactly the same process that was used when Mr Dutton was the home affairs minister and when he approved visas for people coming from other conflict zones around the world, places like Syria, places like Afghanistan. I think it is clear that not only will the opposition do whatever it takes to whip up fear in the community but they will also go on the attack against our national security agencies, because we rely on the advice of national security agencies in making these decisions, and that's not good enough for the shadow home affairs minister.