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SenateMonday 17 August 2026

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator BELL (New South Wales—One Nation Whip) (14:39): My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Watt. The government's own Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade tells Australians not to travel to numerous countries because of terrorism, kidnapping, violent crime, civil unrest and institutional collapse.

One Nation says if those countries are too dangerous for Australians to visit, they are too dangerous to accept ordinary migration from on a business-as-usual basis. Why does Labor continue to accept migration from countries that you tell Australians are too dangerous to visit. Senator Paterson interjecting—

SourceSenate, Monday 17 August 2026 — official recordTA-260817-senate-84cee98f75c2:s162