A
Message from the Prime Minister
15 February 2015
Earlier this week, the hostages
of the Lindt café, as well as the families of Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson
were welcomed to this Parliament.
We acknowledged the atrocity that
took place in Sydney’s CBD and we pledged to keep our country as safe and as
secure as we humanly can.
Both the Commonwealth and State
Governments are currently considering the joint review into the Martin Place
siege and we will shortly release the report publicly, along with our response.
We are both determined to learn
the lessons of this attack and will promptly take any necessary remedial
action.
I will also be making a national
security statement on Monday week.
It’s clear to me, that for too
long, we have given those who might be a threat to our country the benefit of
the doubt.
There’s been the benefit of the
doubt at our borders, the benefit of the doubt for residency, the benefit of
the doubt for citizenship and the benefit of the doubt at Centrelink.
And in the courts, there has been
bail, when clearly there should have been jail.
We are a free and fair nation.
But that doesn’t mean we should let bad people play us for mugs, and all too
often they have: Well, that’s going to stop.
The rise of the Islamist death
cult in the Middle East has seen the emergence of new threats where any
extremist can grab a knife, a flag, a camera phone and a victim and carry out a
terror attack.
As a nation we are responding to
this threat. Abroad, Australia is working with allies to disrupt and degrade
the Islamist death cult.
At home, we have provided our
security services with more powers, more resources and stronger laws.
We are currently considering
additional legislation on data retention that’s before the Parliament – and
this will make it easier to keep you safe and we want to get this legislation
passed as quickly as we can.
I give you this assurance: As a
country, we won’t let evil people exploit our freedom. |
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