Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) | Link to this | Hansard source

It's farcical. Last night the ASIO Director-General gave his annual threat assessment. He warned that terrorism remains an acute concern. But today we discovered this government has again done nothing to stop terror coming through the door. The Albanese government imposed just one temporary exclusion order on just one ISIS bride. Disgracefully, it has now lifted that order. Frankly, not a single ISIS bride should have been allowed back into this country.

The term 'ISIS bride' covers all manner of sins. These people abandoned Australia. They travelled to terrorist hotspots. They supported an evil death cult, and they steeped their children in a monstrous ideology. The repatriation of these terrorist sympathisers fails the security test, fails the fairness test, fails the values test and fails the pub test.

The Albanese government said it couldn't do anything. What a lot of codswallop! It chose to do nothing. Worse, it flung open the door and rolled out the red carpet. This government has deliberately turned a blind eye to Islamist extremism in this country. It is showing utter disdain for the safety of hardworking Australians.

Milton Dick (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

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