Senate debates
Monday, 18 March 2024
Questions without Notice
Migration
4:09 pm
Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source
What I was attempting to say was that of course the way the government is approaching this is to ensure that the Australian community's safety is foremost in the decision-making process.
The opposition has asked about numbers, and what I can say is that, when Mr Dutton was the Minister for Home Affairs, he granted more than 500 visas each week to Syrians fleeing the country in 2015.
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