Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke lashed Mr Dutton for using racial bigotry as a “political opportunity” after the Liberal leader linked a rise in reports of anti-Semitism to divisions in Labor

“Yesterday was one of the darkest moments i’ve seen in the house in my nearly 20 years here,” Mr Burke said.

“At a moment where both anti-semitism and Islamophobia are experiencing levels of bigotry beyond anything that has been seen prior to October this year it is something where the role of leaders is to bring people together to call out all forms of bigotry.”

Speaking on Thursday, Labor MP Dai Lee said that Mr Dutton’s “inflammatory” use of language was counter-productive.

“Criminals who get released from prisons currently should have some kind of measures in place so people can track them,” she said.

“The High Court ruling took everybody by surprise and we need to get constitutional experts to find out how to address this. But I think we need to have a language that actually gets a solution, not to really inflame and instil fear in the community.”

‘Significant’ visa changes

Tough new laws will permit the use of electronic monitoring ankle bracelets, strict curfews and threat of jail time as part of the federal government’s “urgent” response to the release of dozens of asylum seekers last week.

The federal government has unveiled legislation addressing a landmark High Court ruling that saw 84 people freed from indefinite detention after it ruled that detaining people without visas was unlawful.

Under new laws introduced on Thursday, individuals found to have breached their visa conditions would face criminal penalties rather than having their visas cancelled.

Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said the government has set “the strictest possible conditions” to keep the community safe.

Labor will seek to pass two bills called the Migration Amendment (Bridging Visa Conditions) bill and the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus no 2) bill.

The urgent bill rush is in response to concerns that some of the 84 individuals released into the community had been convicted of serious crimes including murder and child sexual assault. It’s unknown how many of these individuals have committed crimes.

Albo ‘shouldn’t be at APEC’

Mr Albanese should not be taking a trip to the US for the APEC summit whilst legislation has not yet passed to deal with the release of detainees from indefinite detention, says Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Price.

Speaking earlier, Senator Price fired up at Anthony Albanese’s attendance at a major summit in the United States today.

“It is not one that can have any time to wait. This needs to be dealt with and dealt with immediately,“ she said.

The Prime Minister’s decision to fly to San Francisco for a high-level Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gathering has raised eyebrows with the Coalition arguing he should be focused on domestic issues.

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will also attend APEC meetings on Thursday with leaders poised to discuss trade and rising global tensions.

‘Unprecedented’

Liberal MP Julian Leeser has argued Israel’s defence force is abiding by international law and called for Hamas to be stopped.

The Israeli Defence Force stormed into one of Gaza’s largest hospitals late on Wednesday after it accused terrorist group Hamas of hosting a command post under the complex.

When asked about fears of the safety of civilians and hospital patients, Mr Leeser said deaths occurring were a “result of Hamas’ choices and actions” in “hiding its infrastructure under hospitals.”

“Hamas needs to be stopped in what they are doing. The terror tunnels need to be taken out. The infrastructure needs to be taken out.”

Rise in bigotry ‘appalling’

Independent MP Allegra Spender, whose Sydney electorate has one of the biggest Jewish communities in Australia, said rising reports of antisemitism were “appalling.”

Speaking on Sky News the prominent Teal condemned the government’s “shouting match” during Question Time yesterday and said the community did not feel safe.

“The Jewish community is really scared,” she said.

“I think this issue is of real concern and having a shouting match yesterday was not the way to make the community feel like it’s being taken seriously.”

Macnamara MP Josh Burns, whose electorate includes Caulfield, the site of last Friday’s clash between Palestinian supporters and the Jewish community, said rates of anti-Semitism were “certainly the worst in my lifetime”.

He said he was concerned not just by the far right, but more so by the “smaller groups of people who clearly feel quite aggrieved by what’s going on in the world and are… visiting the Jewish community”.

“We have had very thorough concerning incidents of which some of which are with various police agencies at the moment,” he said.