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Labor hits back after opposition frontbencher questions ‘how we can be doing adequate checks’ of Gaza residents seeking to come to Australia
The immigration minister, Andrew Giles, has accused the Coalition of trying to “whip up anger and fear” because “they think there’s votes in it” after an opposition frontbencher questioned whether visas were being issued to Palestinians without sufficient checks.
James Paterson, the Coalition’s home affairs spokesperson, told Sky News on Tuesday night that more than 2,000 visas had been issued to Palestinians recently, described Gaza as a “war zone controlled by a terrorist organisation” and suggested he did not know how “we can be doing adequate checks on the ground”.
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