Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question. There have been a range of comments made in just the last 24 hours. On Monday we received the information and the advice. On Monday afternoon we had the appropriate committees enacted. By Tuesday, we had got our personnel out of Iran to safety and had expelled the ambassador here from Australia, along with three other diplomats from the Iranian embassy. We received bipartisan support, I recall, for that action, but it appeared that it didn't last too long.

The member asked about information and when it came back. Indeed, to quote someone: 'Yes, there were calls to list the IRGC back when I was the chair of the intelligence committee, which was from 2017 through to late 2020. The government makes those decisions. The government makes the decision to amend the Criminal Code and then list a terrorist organisation.'

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