House debates Questions without Notice
Middle East: Migration
Michelle Landry Capricornia, National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing
2:23 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. How many people from the Gaza war zone has Qatar accepted?
Unidentified interjection - Hansard doesn't record who said this
Government Members:
Government members interjecting—
Milton Dick Speaker
Order! No, we're going to have some silence as the member for Capricornia was heard in silence. We're not to interject before an answer is heard. Members on my right, I'm looking at you.
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
I did meet with the Prime Minister of Qatar earlier today. Those opposite regarded that meeting as being not relevant, hence the point of order moved by the member for Wannon. I am responsible for what the Australian government does, not for what the Qatari government does—
Peter Dutton Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
The answer's zero!
Milton Dick Speaker
The Leader of the Opposition is going to cease interjecting.
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
He's getting angry again! Perhaps he can inform us about what the Prime Minister of Qatar said to him. I don't know. But it's a matter for him whether to disclose or not. It was a good meeting with the Prime Minister of Qatar. It followed on meetings with the Prime Minister of New Zealand and the President-elect of Indonesia in the last week.