Labor government can’t get the ‘basics’ of national security right

Shadow Infrastructure and Transport Minister Bridget McKenzie says the Labor government can’t get the “basics” of national security right. Ms McKenzie’s comments follow news of several Palestinians who fled Gaza to Australia getting their temporary visas cancelled, leaving them stranded in other countries. “It’s almost unprecedented that somebody gets turned back once a visa has been granted,” she told Sky News Australia. “As an Opposition, when these changes were being made last year, we asked the government to scrutinise the changes to make sure they were conscious of the impacts and that everything was as it should be. “We were assured it was, and it turns out it’s not; the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is real – it is a warzone, and we need to uphold our own reputation as a country.”