Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

because, as it turns out, under this government, we have increased the number of visa cancellations by 1,200 per cent for noncitizens who have committed serious crimes against Australian citizens. Under the Labor government many of those people who had committed serious crimes went on to become Australian citizens. So the difference in approach here, not only in relation to the cancellation of these visas but also on border protection matters, could be no more stark than in the example that I have provided. We have cancelled 150 visas of outlaw motorcycle gang members in total.

Opposition members interjecting—

Members of the CFMEU opposite are interjecting. They aren't in favour of the cancellation of visas of outlaw motorcycle gang members. That's quite a startling revelation from the member interjecting. Do you know why the CFMEU don't like the bikies being cancelled? Because they're the muscle on the building sites that are breaking the arms of the carpenters and the plumbers who refuse to sign their members up to the CFMEU. So what a surprise that members opposite would be against this! It goes to show just how much control the CFMEU and other militant unions have over this Leader of the Opposition. They have enormous power. Not Bob Hawke, not Kevin Rudd and not Julia Gillard—never in any circumstance could people point to the level of influence that is exerted over this Leader of the Opposition. And yet this man wants to be Prime Minister of this country. We know—

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