Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Perhaps Senator McKim lives in a world of lies and deceptions, but that is not the case on this side of the parliament. Occasionally there is material which Senator McKim has put on the record which is not correct, which is the circumstance here. As you know, Senator, decisions on visa entry to Nauru are made by the government of Nauru. Neither the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade nor the Australian High Commission in Nauru made any recommendation to the government of Nauru in relation to Senator McKim's visa application. The International Parliamentary Relations Office of this parliament is responsible for facilitating visa applications for Australian parliamentarians through standard visa channels. The Australian High Commission in Nauru only sponsors visa applications of Australian officials, parliamentarians and ministers when they are travelling on official Australian government visits. There is no indication whatsoever that anybody is lying in this context, Senator McKim; I am simply setting out the facts.