Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Community safety

David DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan) (13:21): I want to join a number of people who are speaking about the information that has come forward in recent hours from Mike Burgess, the head of ASIO. He made it very clear that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been closely involved in directing operations in Australia and has been involved in at least two attacks, including at the Adass synagogue in Ms Crozier’s and my electorate – this shocking attack that occurred. There is apparently a complex web of proxies used by the revolutionary guard corps to hide this. This is credible evidence. It sought to hide its involvement in these antisemitic attacks on Australian soil. This is disgraceful. I am glad that Mr Burgess and ASIO have exposed these nefarious influences in Australia and this shocking and violent action on our soil. Iran have directed two – they tell us – and likely more attacks on Jewish interests in Australia. This has been a careful piece of research, and I pay tribute to the work that they have done in unpicking these links between the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the individuals in Australia who have been involved in these attacks. Our Jewish community is precious. They deserve our support and they deserve our protection. In this circumstance I think ASIO has done great service, and I think we would all wish that they work – (Time expired)