Question Time - Direction 99
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Date: 28 May 2024
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Ms WARE (Hughes): My question is to the Minister for Immigration. Lebanese National Abdul Wahab Trad had his visa cancelled after being convicted of two counts of raping a child between 10 and 14 years, and three counts of intentionally sexually touching a child under 16. The Albanese Labor Government's watering down of the law has allowed this criminal to stay in Australia, making our country less safe. When will the Albanese Labor government apologise for this catastrophic mistake and reverse direction? 99.
The SPEAKER: Call to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs.
Andrew Giles (Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs) Thank you speaker, and I thank the member for her question. As I've said in relation to similar questions, this is a visa that was cancelled and remained cancelled by my department in line with ministerial direction 99. I believe these visas should remain cancelled and I prioritise the number of cases for urgent cancellation consideration to that effect.