Mark Dreyfus Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General
11:50 am
I wish to make a personal explanation.
Don Randall Canning, Liberal Party
Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Mark Dreyfus Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General
Yes.
Mark Dreyfus Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General
On Thursday 18 June, the Prime Minister claimed that I wanted to 'welcome back' terrorists to Australia. On 21 June, the Prime Minister also claimed that I said we should get terrorists back to Australia. Both statements are completely false. I have repeatedly stated that any dual citizen taking up arms against Australia should be stripped of their citizenship. The misrepresentation by the Prime Minister puts politics before national security.