Tony Burke

"If anyone applies for a passport, as a citizen, they are issued with a passport."

"We are not conducting a repatriation. We have not been meeting with the states for the purposes of a repatriation."

"In that report, it makes a claim that we are conducting a repatriation. We are not."

"It claims we have been meeting with the states for the purposes of a repatriation. We have not."

"They're athletes who want to be safe and are very grateful that Australia is taking that opportunity."

"They are welcome to stay in Australia. They are safe here, and they should feel at home here."

"In Australia people are able to change their mind. We respect the context in which she had made that decision."

"There are some leaving Australia who I am glad are not in Australia."

"[They] had spoken to some of the teammates that had left and had changed her mind."

"In Australia, people are able to change their mind, people are able to travel."

"We weren’t sure which way that person would go."

"Australians should be proud that it was in our country that these women experienced a nation presenting them with genuine choices and interacted with authorities seeking to help them."

"De er velkomne til å bli i Australia, de er trygge her, og de skal føle seg hjemme her."

"Overnight, three members of the Iranian Women’s Football Team made the decision to join the rest of the team on their journey back to Iran."