Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

What the opposition failed to appreciate in the first question I answered, and the second question I am going to respond to, is that the security assessment process is and remains an important element of Australia’s robust border security regime and will not be compromised. That is what I said at the outset and we continue to do that. I know the supplementary question really rewords the first question, but I will continue nevertheless.

The Australian public expects nothing less than that we will not compromise our border security and we will not compromise on the required checks that need to be done. With the security assessments over recent months there has been ongoing collaboration between the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the immigration department to streamline security checking arrangements and to reduce processing time without compromising national security.