Ben Small (Forrest, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Children aged between six and 10, standing with the severed heads of murdered humans, staring at a camera, smiling. When we talk about radicalisation occurring in terrorist hot spots under ISIS, that is the image that is seared into my mind, to say nothing of the atrocities that the member for Canning and deputy leader previously talked about, with the execution of journalists being livestreamed to the world. To see a human being locked in a cage and doused in fuel and set alight—these are the sorts of atrocities that occur under ISIS, and that is what these people who left Australia and went there knowingly signed up to support. It is a disgrace that they betrayed our country, our values and our way of life in that way. I don't want them back, the Liberal and National parties don't want them back, and we say the gate should be shut.

The door should be slammed shut by this government, who, curiously, keep saying that this somehow has nothing to do with them and that issuing passports is just an automatic process. The minister, Tony Burke, said that this was just like getting a Medicare card. But, curiously, the passports act—which he is the responsible minister for—includes express provisions that allow the government of the day to intervene on security grounds. Temporary exclusion orders can be issued. Indeed, eight were issued under the Morrison government—which you guys seem very keen to talk about today all of a sudden. Eight temporary exclusion orders were issued under that government. How many has this government issued? Do you know?

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