Cash, Sen Michaelia

Senator CASH (Western Australia—Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education) (14:38): Yes, unfortunately, I am. Again, national security should be a bipartisan issue, but yesterday we saw the Australian Labor Party and Mr Bill Shorten being willing to listen to the Australian Greens over the advice of our national security agencies. It is important to note that 12 people have lost their Australian citizenship due to terrorist conduct, and we are acting on advice to make amendments to further strengthen these provisions. All of us in this chamber should be supporting those amendments. Again, as we said yesterday, and as we re-state today, the Liberal-National government see national security and the protection of our borders as a fundamental responsibility. We will ensure that we keep Australia and Australians safe.