Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) | Hansard source

that we continue to take these actions. That was followed up by the now Minister for Defence when he was Minister for Home Affairs and of course the Minister for Home Affairs today.

There are still changes that need to be made to strengthen these provisions for people convicted of serious crimes. It's not a low-level crime to be involved in an armed robbery, serious violent crime, assaulting police or domestic violence. There is a loophole where if a judge hands down a lighter sentence of two years then they can get off having their visa cancelled and being deported. Those opposite—the Labor Party and Labor leader, together with the Greens—have been denying us this change for the last 1,200 days. The reason for that is the weakness of the leader of the Labor Party. He will not stand up on these issues. The leader of the Labor Party—

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