Mr TEHAN (Wannon) (15:57): It's worth reminding the House what we're talking about here. There is no precedent in Australian history for bringing 1,300 people from the terrorist-controlled territory into this country on tourist visas, so something has happened that is absolutely unprecedented—1,300 people have been brought into this country from the terrorist controlled territory on tourist visas. As a responsible opposition, we first have to ensure that the government is doing its No. 1 priority: keeping the Australian people safe. Its No. 1 duty is keeping the Australian people safe. That is the question we've asked the Prime Minister: are you keeping the Australian people safe? The sad reality is that, both yesterday and today, the Prime Minister hasn't been truthful with the Australian people in answering those questions. And today he stooped to a new low. He sought to quote the director-general of ASIO to suit his purpose of misleading the Australian people. This is unprecedented. I cannot think of any time ever before in this place where a prime minister has sought to misquote the director-general of ASIO so that it suits his purpose for having misled the Australian people. Let's go to the facts. On Insiders, David Speers asked the director-general this question: 'Sorry, those from Gaza who have come here have gone through the very standard checks.' Mike Burgess said: If they've been issued a visa, they've gone through the process. This is the important part: Part of that visa process is where criteria are hit. They're referred to my organisation and ASIO does its thing. What did the Prime Minister say in question time when he was quoting the director-general of ASIO—not some individual but the person whose responsibility it is to keep us safe? This is what the Prime Minister said in question time: If they've been issued a visa, they've gone through the process … they're referred to my organisation and ASIO does its thing. Mr Pasin: There's something missing. What's missing? There's something missing in the middle. Mr TEHAN: There is something missing, and do you reckon that's the operative bit? Do you think it bells the cat on how the Prime Minister has misled the Australian people? Yes, it does. It bells the cat. The Prime Minister should have the decency to come back into this place and admit he got it wrong. He should have the decency to do it because he has misquoted Mike Burgess, the director-general of ASIO—someone who has spent his lifetime trying to do his absolute best to keep the Australian community safe. If the Prime Minister hasn't got the decency to do that, then I think the standards that he is setting for this parliament are beyond the pale. We know he's happy to let his former immigration minister, who was responsible for the decisions to bring these people in on a tourist visa, to misquote him in this place and make sure that the Australian people are given false pretences about the processes that he followed when he released detainees into the community—many of them hardened criminals, murderers and child six offenders. We know he's happy to wave that by, but now he's happy to do it himself. It is an absolute disgrace. If he's half decent, he will come in here and admit he got it wrong when it came to quoting the director-general of ASIO to suit his own purposes because he knows decisions have been made that potentially threaten the safety of the Australian people. (Time expired)