Sussan Ley is back:

In 2023, the Senate references committee on foreign affairs, defence and trade recommended that the Australian Government list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation. Prime Minister, why did your government take a deliberate decision to reject that recommendation two years ago?

Anthony Albanese:

On these issues, we take advice from the intelligence agencies, we go through our appropriate processes, including our national security committee, we’ve look at the legislation which at the moment would not enable us to list the legislation that we inherited as well from the former government.

And the member for Canning has made it very clear that he has had that view for a period of time going back to prior to him being a minister, indeed as chair of the committee.

And spoke about the fact that members, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister for Home Affairs, the former Leader of the Opposition, the former member for Dickson as well all sat on those committees. And this was a time where the chair of the intelligence committee, according to themselves, was recommending this. What we have done is take advice from the intelligence agencies. That came through on Monday. We had appropriate meetings and acted like adults in the national interest. That is what we will continue to do.