Senate debates
Monday, 17 August 2026
Questions without Notice
Migration
2:44 pm
Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) | Hansard source
My recollection, Senator Bell, is that the reason the government introduced the policy that it did regarding Iran was that it was an immediate response to the events that we were seeing in Iran at that point in time. It wasn't a blanket ban in the way that you are seeking to impose for some 'Do not travel' countries but not others.
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