Philip Ruddock

Philip Ruddock
Philip Maxwell Ruddockis an Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the House of Representatives from 1973 to 2016. First elected in a 1973 by-election, by the time of his retirement, he was the last parliamentary survivor of the Whitlam and Fraser Governments. He was both the Father of the House and the Father of the Parliament from 1998 to his retirement. He is the second longest-serving parliamentarian in the history of the Australian Parliament. Ruddock served continuously in...
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It's certainly the case that ASIO did not issue an adverse security assessment at the time of his (visa) application,
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These events started when people were endeavoring to place pressure on us in relation to those matters,
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People are endeavoring to put us under duress, to coerce us to give them outcomes to which they are not entitled,
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My understanding of the evidence is that some of the product had been actually purchased, others had been ordered, ... The intelligence assessment is that this was an enterprise designed to manufacture a very large quantity of explosives.
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Scott Parkin is effectively Australia's first genuine political prisoner
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In relation to offshore processing, it is in our interests to have people not reach Australia, and (processed) under rules that are not as relaxed as ours became while the courts were supervising judicially the decision making,
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I would simply say that the issue of how the detention centers themselves are managed is not a matter (in which) treaties or any involvement of the UN is appropriate,
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Any movement outside the perimeter of the house and yard will be accompanied by an officer,
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She had very little knowledge of what was happening around the village she was supposed to be living in, didn't know the currency used,
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They take no action in relation to lawful protest activity but the assessment has been made in accordance with the provisions of the ASIO Act,
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The reason he's in custody is because his visa has been cancelled. The reason his visa has been cancelled is because he's received an adverse security assessment,
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We need to reduce our reliance on older, less suitable facilities and focus on purpose-designed and built facilities which will enable us to better cater for those remaining in detention,
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We will not succumb to any pressure in relation to people who have no entitlement to be released into the Australian community,
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we can do our job, and that is to keep them out.