Garth Hamilton (Groom, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Energy Security and Affordability) | Link to this | Hansard source

Visitors in the gallery are about to see the rather combative nature of this place. I want to tell a story of something rather different, about when this place works and how that matters for local communities. Reyna Nangan and Karin Yechoku are two locals who came to this country with the desire to have a go, to work and to make a better life for themselves. They came to Australia and, through no fault of their own, got caught up in our immigration system. This case shows to anyone interested just how difficult it is for people to work their way and navigate their way through our immigration system. But, for 10 years, these guys, Raina and Corin have fought and tried to make their case because they wanted to be here. They wanted to be Australians. I was very, very pleased this week to receive a call from Minister Burke that he'd just signed permanent residency papers for these people. This was a case that my office had worked very closely with the minister's office on, and I could not be more grateful for this outcome. This is a family that my community got behind. This is a family that started a business, employs locals and helps out at the soup kitchen. They're engaged in their community. They're the people that we need. In a time when there's a conversation about monoculture, I say this: these are the people that I am so proud to represent. They've come here and they've contributed and they're a part of my community, and I am so grateful for the way that my community got around them.