Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

It's not, and, Senator Roberts, I know you and your party have sought to profit politically from the awful tragedy we saw at Bondi just before Christmas. It's worth remembering that one of the people involved in those attacks migrated to Australia during the Howard government's period in office and the other of those people was born in Australia. But let's just ignore the facts for a minute, Senator Roberts, hey? That's the way you operate. The way this government operates is that we make decisions about individual applicants based on their character, based on whether they're going to make a positive contribution to Australia and whether they represent a security risk to Australia. We do not have the kind of approach that you are encouraging us to take, and we will always, proudly, stand up for Australian values in terms of who is admitted to this country.