Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion 1278, standing in the name of Senator Moore for today, relating to the refusal of a visa for Mr Gavin McInnes, before asking that it be taken as a formal motion.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) on 24 October 2018, Mr Nyadol Nyoun created a change.org and Federation of Community Legal Centres petition calling on the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (the Minister) to cancel the visa of Mr Gavin McInnes - the founder of the extremist group, The Proud Boys; to date, more than 80,000 people have signed the petition,

(ii) The Proud Boys was recently classified as an extremist group by the FBI and labelled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Centre,

(iii) Mr Gavin McInnes has repeatedly and publicly advocated for violence against women and has pledged to "assassinate" his enemies,

(iv) on 25 October 2018, the Shadow Minister for Immigration and Border Protection formally wrote to the Minister asking him to refuse a visa for Mr Gavin McInnes, given the significant risk he poses to the Australian community; and

(v) the Minister for Immigration, in response to the voices of more than 80,000 people, has denied Gavin McInnes a visa, as of 1st December, for entry into Australia.