‘Pack of lies and scaremongering’: Labor attacks government over parent visa

While Labor is promising to change the temporary sponsored parent visa significantly, it's retaining the requirements set by the coalition for people wanting to sponsor their parents for this visa.

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Federal Labor has slammed Immigration Minister David Coleman for calling the opposition’s parent visa policy a “cruel hoax” and that it would be unsustainable to give an unlimited number of visas.

“There are many visas that David Coleman would know about where there is no cap on those visas.

“He is disingenuous, he has broken his promise to migrant communities. The Liberals’ visa is still not in place, still not operational. And this is yet another pack of lies and scaremongering by the Liberals,” Shadow Immigration Minister Shayne Neumann said.

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By Shamsher Kainth
Presented by Ali Bahnasawy
Source: SBS Punjabi

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