Anthony Chisholm rejects foreign-military questions on arrival cards
Australian Labor Party senator for Queensland, speaking for the government
“the government will not be supporting the amendments moved by the Greens to include foreign military membership”
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Senate second-reading transcript containing Shoebridge's argument for foreign-military membership questions and Chisholm's response for the government.
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Chisholm was closing the second-reading debate and discussing the government's response to non-government amendments.
After the quotation
After addressing the Greens amendment, he returned to the government's wider regulatory reform agenda.
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Case context: Should Australia require incoming travelers to disclose recent foreign military membership?
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Relative to the proposed arrival-card requirement, Chisholm expressly rejects the amendment and gives reliability and cost reasons for the government's opposition.
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