Dan Tehan

Community safety will over-ride connection to Australia as the primary consideration when deciding whether to deport people convicted of offences.

Labor Party is drafting laws against vilifying based on race, sexuality, gender, disability or religion.

The opposition has raised concerns about the need to visit the sites of the Hamas massacre in Israel.

“Labor is undermining the significance of Australia Day and is laying the groundwork to abolish January 26 as Australia Day,” MP Dan Tehan said.

Police arrested the 39-year-old Sudanese man after they discovered a decade-old warrant for his return to prison, which previously went under the radar.