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

I want to thank the member for Chisholm very much for the hard work that she's doing in her community and the support that she provides to the government's program to cancel the visas of people who are in Australia who have committed serious offences against Australians. Now, the government have been very deliberate in saying to people who have come here on visas that abiding by the conditions of those visas is a condition of their presence in our country, and, when they break the conditions of those visas—that is, when they commit criminal offences against Australians—we cancel those visas.

I'm pleased to report to the House that the number of cancellations under section 501 of the Migration Act is now over 3,000, and it includes the cancellation of 154 outlaw motorcycle gang members. What we know of outlaw motorcycle gang members is that they are the biggest distributors of ice and amphetamines in our country. They import, they manufacture and they distribute it, and they are otherwise involved in serious crime, including providing muscle for the CFMEU on building sites around the country.

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