Coalition Proposes Social Media Checks, Deportation for Breaching Australian Values

The Coalition is set to unveil a robust new migration policy aimed at tightening Australia's borders and ensuring new arrivals align with the nation's core values. Opposition Leader Angus Taylor will outline plans for enhanced social media screening of all visa applicants, a measure designed to identify and prevent potential security risks and "terrorist sympathisers" from entering the country.

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Australians are fed up with politically correct preaching on immigration.

This policy, set to be detailed in a speech to the Menzies Research Centre, includes the establishment of an "Enhanced Screening Coordination Centre." This body will possess intelligence, screening, and enforcement capabilities, with a primary focus on reviewing social media accounts as a standard part of the vetting process. "As part of the enhanced screening process, all visa applicants will be required to provide social media accounts when applying for a visa," Mr Taylor stated, emphasizing the goal to "stop radicals, extremists and terrorists from entering our country."

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As part of the enhanced screening process, all visa applicants will be required to provide social media accounts when applying for a visa.

Beyond security screening, the Coalition's plan also addresses the concept of "Australian values." Mr Taylor criticized the current approach as a mere "tick-box exercise" and proposed making the declaration to abide by these values a binding requirement for all visa holders. The policy outlines that individuals who breach these values – which include respecting individual dignity, religious freedom, the rule of law, and a "fair-go" – could face deportation. "If a visa holder undermines our democratic values, doesn't respect the law, or demonstrates they don't respect our core values, they will be booted out of Australia," Mr Taylor declared, promising to eliminate ambiguity in the application of these rules.

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The centre will stop radicals, extremists and terrorists from entering our country.