JANE AGIRTAN INDEPENDENT

Australians are rightly proud of our generosity. On a per capita basis we settle more refugees than almost any country in the Western world. 

After the war in Syria and the collapse of Afghanistan, Australia took in thousands of persecuted minorities, after evacuating them to third countries so their identities could be checked with biometric testing and face to face interviews were conducted to make sure no one posed a security risk. 

But what if I told you that when it comes to people leaving Gaza – a war zone controlled by a terrorist organisation – we’ve settled ten times more than our closest security partners and likeminded democracies?

And we did so with an average processing time of 24 hours, while our allies took months to make sure they got it right?

Because that’s exactly what the Albanese government has done, as research exposed this week – with Albanese repeatedly ( 30 times to be precise) refusing to answer whether supporting Hamas passes the character tests for Australian Visa it couldn’t be any clearer – Labor doesn’t care about our national security or social cohesion.

Instead, Labor brings thousands potentially affiliated with extremist ideologies and terror groups. It is all about the optics ( not refugees) and appeasing the voters of Western Sydney in a desperate attempt to win back Muslim votes on this single issue of no doubt, tragic and prolonged foreign conflict.

However, this conflict does not concern majority of Australians as much as power bills or cost of living and inflation driven by goverment spending.

It is also astonishing to see Teals, many of whom represent wealthy, progressive inner seats with many Jewish constituents unconditionally support visas given out without performing any security checks.

The sad truth is we can’t trust Anthony Albanese and Tony Burke to put the national interest before their political interests.