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senate vote 2019-02-12#1
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Motions — National Security- Motions - National Security - Trump-style travel ban
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<p class="speaker">Pauline Hanson</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That the Senate—</p>- The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-02-12.138.1) introduced by Qld Senator [Pauline Hanson](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/pauline_hanson) (One Nation), which means it failed.
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate—*
- > *(a) acknowledges that ASIO and Australian Federal Police have extensive data on the country-of-origin of potential extremists;*
- > *(b) notes that, in other issues in relation to the immigration system, when rorts and problems are identified from certain countries, the tap is turned off; and*
- > *(c) calls on the Federal Government to introduce a travel ban, similar to that imposed by the Trump administration in the United States of America, on people from countries that are known sources of radicalism coming into Australia.*
<p class="italic">(a) acknowledges that ASIO and Australian Federal Police have extensive data on the country-of-origin of potential extremists;</p><p class="italic">(b) notes that, in other issues in relation to the immigration system, when rorts and problems are identified from certain countries, the tap is turned off; and</p><p class="italic">(c) calls on the Federal Government to introduce a travel ban, similar to that imposed by the Trump administration in the United States of America, on people from countries that are known sources of radicalism coming into Australia.</p> <p class="speaker">Anne Ruston</p><p>I seek leave to make a short statement.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>Leave is granted for one minute.</p> <p class="speaker">Anne Ruston</p><p>The government have strengthened our migration program, including through legislation to ensure applications for temporary and permanent entry to Australia are subject to extensive background and character checks so that any individual who may pose a threat to Australia is denied entry. The government do not support a travel ban and will continue to assess each individual application on its merits, consistent with our non-discriminatory migration policy.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>The question is that motion No. 1331 be agreed to.</p>
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