George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Wong, I know you like scoring political points on national security issues, but I am not going to let you get away with it. This is legislation which was considered after an orthodox process. It will be introduced next week. This will be a test for the Australian Labor Party—whether they support the Australian government's attempts to keep our country safe. We are not encouraged, I might say, by some remarks that came from the shadow Attorney-General at a press conference this morning when asked about this legislation. He was asked by Kieran Gilbert:

So, someone who is fighting in Al-Raqqah in Syria?

Mr Dreyfus replied:

Well, you get them back here. Right?

Get them back—that is what the shadow Attorney-General would do. That is the point of difference. If somebody is fighting for ISIL in Syria, we do not want them back and we will make sure they do not get back. But Mr Dreyfus wants them back.