{"id":13618,"date":"2021-10-29T01:31:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T01:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=13618"},"modified":"2021-10-29T01:31:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T01:31:14","slug":"character-cancellations-protecting-the-australian-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/10\/29\/character-cancellations-protecting-the-australian-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Character cancellations protecting the Australian community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Coalition Government has acted decisively to protect the Australian community from foreign criminals, murderers, paedophiles and rapists by cancelling or refusing 10,000 visas on character grounds since 2014.<br \/>\nMinister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews said the Morrison Government had zero tolerance for non-citizens who endanger Australians or engage in criminal activity.<br \/>\n\u201cComing to Australia and staying here is a privilege. There\u2019s no place in Australia for anyone who would abuse our laws or harm our community,\u201d Minister Andrews said.<br \/>\n\u201cSince 2014, the Coalition Government has cancelled almost 7,000 visas and refused more than 3,000 \u2013 denying every one of these individuals the opportunity to do Australians harm.\u201d<br \/>\nMinister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs Alex Hawke said it was imperative that non-citizens wanting to visit or live in Australia align with our identity, security, health and character requirements.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Morrison Government takes very seriously the protection of Australians from violent and sexual non-citizen offenders. Dangerous and criminal non-citizens do not deserve an Australian visa. That\u2019s why the Coalition has acted to cancel or refuse 10,000 visas since 2014,\u201d Minister Hawke said.<br \/>\n\u201cNon-citizens who do not comply with visa conditions, or who may pose a risk to the health and safety of the Australian community, are liable for visa cancellation.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cLast week the Labor Party voted against new laws to remove more foreign criminals from Australia. Anthony Albanese needs to explain this decision to the Australian people,\u201d Minister Hawke said.<br \/>\nA person may not pass the character test for a number of reasons including, but not limited to, that they have a substantial criminal record, or are suspected of associating with, or being a member of, a group involved in criminal conduct.<br \/>\nAdditional information on character requirements and cancellations is available at the Department of Home Affairs\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/immi.homeaffairs.gov.au\/help-support\/meeting-our-requirements\/character\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coalition Government has acted decisively to protect the Australian community from foreign criminals, murderers, paedophiles and rapists by cancelling or refusing 10,000 visas on character grounds since 2014. Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews said the Morrison Government had zero tolerance for non-citizens who endanger Australians or engage in criminal activity. \u201cComing to Australia &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/10\/29\/character-cancellations-protecting-the-australian-community\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Character cancellations protecting the Australian community&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}