Phillip Thompson (Herbert, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Defence) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Labor Prime Minister once said, 'My word is my bond.' But, on national security, Australians are seeing the opposite. There is no such thing as 'ISIS brides'. They are ISIS members who set out to cause harm to us and our partners around the world. This Labor government has said it has nothing to do with trying to bring these ISIS sympathisers and members back to Australia, but that is simply not the case. We've seen Minister Burke's friend travel over to Syria to give these ISIS sympathisers their passports so they can travel back to Australia. This simply isn't good enough, because it puts the lives of Australians at risk. We've seen and heard from people with firsthand experience of these ISIS sympathisers. They have spoken about wanting to make bombs. We've heard others say that they want to poison people.

These are the types of people that this government is turning a blind eye to. They want them back in Australia. They can stop these people from returning. We do not want terrorists brought back to Australia. We do not want these ISIS members to be brought back here. We want to keep Australians safe. I say we leave these ISIS members where they are.