Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Mr President. Mr Dutton is, of course, a very effective minister, protecting our borders, keeping our nation secure. He has cancelled 3,763 visas of non-citizens who have committed crimes, including, 684 convicted for assault, 270 child sex offenders, 69 murderers, 193 for violent offences and 194 outlaw motorcycle gang members. The Minister for Home Affairs has cancelled more visas of non-citizen criminals in the last 12 months than Labor did in 12 years. You know what? I am being asked questions about interventions by Minister Dutton. Minister Dutton has used his intervention powers on 4,816 occasions in the nearly four years since December 2014. Do you know how many times Mr Bowen and the member for Gorton used their powers in just two financial years? 23,000 times. The Labor Party are completely hypocritical in relation to this. The Labor Party are the Olympic record holders when it comes to the use of— (Time expired)

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