Zara Seidler
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So some ideological things there, but also the fact that English is our national language.
And so if you're coming in on a temporary or provisional visa or
And he's saying that should be a legal requirement.
And in terms of, I guess, justifying why Angus Taylor said this, I'm going to read a quote directly that he said.
He said, "...our nation has paid the price for believing that anyone from anywhere will embrace our way of life.
Not everyone wanting to migrate to Australia has noble intent.
Not everyone wanting to migrate to Australia will be a net benefit to Australia.
Indeed, many will be a net drain."
He did clarify that he was talking about the minority of people, not the majority.
He stressed that the majority of those who were coming in were coming in with good intent.
But this and the Liberal Party's visa crackdown is on what he says are those bad faith actors who are, what he said, importing.
ideologies from other places to Australia.
So this isn't for tourists.
This is for if you're trying to settle for a prolonged period of time.
The social media one, though, that is for tourists.
So if you are visiting Australia to see family for two weeks, you would have to hand over your social media handles, but you wouldn't have to sign this document because you're not planning to stay here.
Yeah, there were two other things that I think we should talk about.
One was Angus Taylor announced a pledge to commit new funding for law enforcement agencies to
to track down, arrest and deport non-citizens whose visas have been cancelled or have run out.