Ms STEGGALL (Warringah) (09:16): It's extremely concerning to see the opposition turn up today with this suspension of standing orders and the words and the rhetoric that we're hearing here. It goes directly against the advice of ASIO and the concern around the polarisation in our communities—that whipping up of a sense of fear and that inference that, for example, our services and systems are not working. What I'd like to share is the human story, the real story, about some of the people we're talking about and the lives we're talking about. Mr Conaghan interjecting— Ms STEGGALL: And I would ask you to be silent! I have the floor! The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Cowper will cease interjecting. The member for Warringah will be heard, just as other members were heard, in silence. Ms STEGGALL: In 2020, I met a man called Mohammed at the North Steyne Surf Life Saving Club. He had come to Australia under a visa approved by the Morrison government under the same systems. He came to participate in a surf lifesaving skills program. He wanted to give the children of Gaza an opportunity to learn water safety, to not drown, to have something positive on weekends. They loved that program. They attended. Unfortunately, after the horrendous events of October, that program, of course, ended. The bombing started. Many people that participated in that program have died. Many of the children have died. These are normal families. These are families that you are seeking to paint as all being terrorists, who should all be mistrusted and who are not worthy of humanitarian aid. Mr Dutton: Complete rubbish! Stop repeating the governments lines. The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition will cease interjecting. Ms STEGGALL: We heard you in silence; you can hear me in silence. Stop being racist. The SPEAKER: Order! The Leader of the Opposition is seeking the call. Mr Dutton: That was an offensive and unparliamentary remark and it should be withdrawn. The SPEAKER: Order! There is far too much noise. As I previously asked for the chamber to be silent, I'm just going to ask the member for Warringah, if she made an unparliamentary remark, to withdraw it to assist the House. Ms STEGGALL: Could I have a clarification: is a description of language as being racist an unparliamentary remark? Mr Katter interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Kennedy will resume his seat. Just to assist the House so the debate can keep going, as has been previously ruled, I will just ask the member to withdraw and continue. Ms STEGGALL: I will withdraw to assist the House, and I would ask that the same respect be shown to me to make my contribution to the chamber as you were afforded, something that does not seem to be a common occurrence when it comes to the opposition. This family, a beautiful family, where the father was trying to teach life-saving water safety skills to children of Gaza, came under the coalition. They were vetted by the same systems. Mr Howarth: That's wrong. The SPEAKER: The member for Petrie! If we can show more respect during this debate, it would greatly assist the House. Ms STEGGALL: Again, it's very easy to dehumanise people seeking safety. It's very easy to paint them with the brush that somehow they are all to be feared. But the reality is that we are talking about parents caring about their children—children who are at risk and are in a horrendous situation. So, after the events and the horrendous situation they found themselves in, Mohammed sought to bring his family to safety, and he was able to. My community of the Northern Beaches—the community of North Steyne Surf Life Saving Club—rallied behind this family. They applied for visas, supported them and sponsored them, by hook or by crook. The details of how they were able to reach safety are quite incredible. They were able to get out, and I met with them only a few weeks ago in my office in Manly. They're beautiful children who deserve the opportunity to grow up, to go to school and to have an education. So to suggest that families like Mohammed's family are not deserving of being able to escape a war zone and seek safety for their children is offensive, and it goes against what it is to be Australian, which is to be there for people in need and to offer safety and security to people who deserve it. So I am offended by the rhetoric from the Leader of the Opposition, the nature of this motion for suspension of standing orders and the continued attempts to divide Australian society on these lines and issues. We are better than this. We've just seen the Olympic Games, where we've got the idea that sport is bringing people together, and you are doing everything you can to separate and divide our communities. Mr Katter interjecting— Ms STEGGALL: We are a multinational, multicultural country, Member for Kennedy. We are multicultural, and it is important to remember that. The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Kennedy will cease interjecting.