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

Senator Fawcett, as I've already implied and will now make explicit, we are following exactly the same process as what occurred under the former government. Applicants for visas are checked for security risks, which is the case here. We are following exactly the same process. Mike Burgess, someone I have confidence in and our government has confidence in as the Director-General of ASIO, has said that this is the same process as what was followed under the former government and is the appropriate process. I think the question for the opposition is whether they have faith in ASIO or not.