{"id":28557,"date":"2024-08-20T01:14:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T01:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=28557"},"modified":"2024-08-20T01:14:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T01:14:44","slug":"the-national-security-questions-labor-must-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/08\/20\/the-national-security-questions-labor-must-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"The national security questions Labor must answer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Albanese Labor Government continues to duck accountability for keeping Australians safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why can\u2019t the Prime Minister, or his ministers, give a straight answer about the security checks that were conducted, or are being conducted, on the 1300 people from the Gaza war zone who were issued a tourist visa to come to Australia?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Australian people deserve an answer to each of these questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Was security advice sought from ASIO before the government made the unprecedented decision to grant tourist visas to people from the Gaza war zone?<\/li><li>Is the Minister for Immigration aware of any concerns from security or intelligence agencies about any of the 1300 people who have arrived in Australia from the Gaza war zone?<\/li><li>Has any visa, of any of the 1300 people who are in Australia from the Gaza war zone on tourist visas, been cancelled?<\/li><li>Is it true no other government in Australia\u2019s history issued people from a war zone, led by a terrorist organisation, a tourist visa without the checks that would normally be conducted for a refugee \/ humanitarian visa?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is disingenuous for the new Immigration Minister to refuse to answer questions by claiming a national security interest when information about visa cancellations is regularly published by the Department of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labor\u2019s failed Immigration Minister Andrew Giles granted tourist visas to 3000 Gazans. That is an entirely inappropriate visa for people coming to Australia from a war zone and territory controlled by a terrorist organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any government that was serious about protecting the safety of its people would conduct a rigorous vetting process on all people coming to Australia from a war zone controlled by a terrorist organisation. The Albanese Labor Government is doing no such thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Albanese Labor Government has a terrible record on immigration and national security:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Labor botched the release of 178 detainees, including seven murderers, 37 sex offenders, and 72 violent offenders, following the NZYQ High Court decision.<\/li><li>Labor told the Parliament, and the public, those detainees were released on visas with strict conditions but FOI documents have proven that claim was false.<\/li><li>Labor issued a Ministerial Direction that allowed violent criminals and sex offenders to remain in Australia when they should have been deported.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanese Labor Government continues to duck accountability for keeping Australians safe. Why can\u2019t the Prime Minister, or his ministers, give a straight answer about the security checks that were conducted, or are being conducted, on the 1300 people from the Gaza war zone who were issued a tourist visa to come to Australia? The &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/08\/20\/the-national-security-questions-labor-must-answer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The national security questions Labor must answer&#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-28557","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\/28557","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=28557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28558,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28557\/revisions\/28558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}