House debates

Monday, 2 March 2026

Questions without Notice

National Security

2:06 pm

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

I'll start by saying:

… they're Australian citizens, they now have an entitlement; a right to come back to our country.

…   …   …

… there's no silver bullet.

Those are not my words. They're the words of that soft person, Peter Dutton. He used to sit on that side of the chamber.

We'll work with those people, given that they're Australian citizens and they have right to come back …

…   …   …

… if people are Australian citizens, they have a right to return and I need to deal with the realities of the way in which our laws and constitution work …

Further:

… there's good reason as to why we don't want media attention to some individual cases. I don't want cameras parked out the front of schools, or people being scrutinised as they're going into a mosque.

Again, guess who? It was Peter Dutton.

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