Subjects: Labor’s border protection legislation fail STEVE PRICE: The Shadow Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews joins me now. Does this smell to you? KAREN ANDREWS: Oh, look, there’s clearly something that is just not right about what has happened here. So clearly the designation of Nauru as a regional processing center lapsed in October. The…
Subjects: Labor’s border protection legislation fail, cost of living pressures, Australian War Memorial KAREN ANDREWS: Last night, the Coalition bailed Labor out of yet another mistake in relation to border protection. We actually assisted them to fix a very big hole in border protection by voting with them to ensure that the motion passed that…
Like many members in this place, I was very pleased to take part in a range of ceremonies and activities on Australia Day. Every year I have the absolute pleasure of being the presiding officer at citizenship ceremonies in my electorate. This year we welcomed nearly 150 new Aussies at beautiful Burleigh in the morning…
It’s a testament to both the enormity of the contribution he made and the sheer decency of his nature that so many on both sides of the House have sought to contribute to this condolence motion on the passing of the great Jim Molan. I certainly wanted to ensure that I added my voice, and…
The Coalition has today stepped in to help fix a serious oversight as Labor continues to undermine Australia’s border security. One of the three pillars of Operation Sovereign Borders (OSB) – policy that has safeguarded this nation – is regional processing. However, it’s now emerged that the crucial law to designate Nauru as a Regional…
I rise to speak on this unusual and extraordinary motion that we are being asked to consider today. I will speak more in detail to the deeply concerning circumstances of that shortly. At the outset I want to stress that, in the national interest, we will support this motion without amendment. I appreciate the opportunity…
This Saturday, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science allows us, globally, to mark the need to promote the full and equal access and participation of females in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It is the eighth year of such a commemoration, and I thank the many organisations across the nation that will…
SENATOR THE HON SIMON BIRMINGHAM Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Leader of the Opposition in the Senate THE HON KAREN ANDREWS MP Shadow Minister for Home Affairs Shadow Minister for Child Protection and the Prevention of Family Violence SENATOR JAMES PATERSON Shadow Minister for Cyber Security Shadow Minister for Countering Foreign Interference …
The Albanese Labor Government has the ability to protect all Australian citizens from violent and criminal offences but instead is going soft on these criminals. The Coalition Government took very seriously our responsibility to protect Australians from non-citizens who engaged in criminal conduct and acted decisively to protect our community – we did this by…
With holidays underway, now is the best time to have a conversation with your children about the rise of ‘sextortion’. The Coalition established the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) in 2018, which recently revealed a massive spike in ‘sextortion’ of children this year – where criminals extort children after tricking them into sending…