Opened the debate
Bell argued that the Minister had not read One Nation's policy, which explicitly excludes countries like Ukraine, Bahrain, and Kuwait from migration restrictions when risks stem from foreign invasion rather than domestic instability. Bell maintained that the government could not issue high-level travel warnings for Australian citizens while simultaneously accepting ordinary migration from those same dangerous locations. Bell cited ASIO assessments indicating a greater than 50 per cent chance of a terror attack in the next 12 months. Bell asserted that migration from such destinations should be paused unless security agencies could provide absolute assurance regarding identity and risk.