House debates Questions without Notice

Immigration

Tuesday, 19 June 2012 House of Representatives

Chris Bowen

Chris Bowen McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

2:57 pm

I am sure there was a question in there somewhere. The fact of the matter is that the member for Cook is wrong again. He has had to rewrite his question on the run because he has got basic facts wrong. The fact is that the consistent advice from the Australian Federal Police to the Minister for Home Affairs and to me has been that premature cancellation of visas can undermine their investigations and could endanger successful prosecutions. The Australian Federal Police have successfully prosecuted many people smugglers. If 'Sergeant Morrison' has a different view based on his vast—

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