New Coalition leader Angus Taylor denies knowledge of Ley immigration policy

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has denied knowledge of an immigration policy that was looking to ban people coming to Australia from terror-declared areas.

The policy developed under former Coalition leader Sussan Ley was reported by some media to bar entry to people from parts of Gaza, Somalia and the Philippines.

Mr Taylor denied any knowledge on 7.30 and said that after Ms Ley lost the leadership in a Friday spill motion it was not valid anyway.

"That document, which I haven't actually seen has no validity," Mr Taylor said.

"It didn't go through shadow cabinet or the leadership and as I understand it, it wasn't seen by the relevant immigration shadows. 

The new Coalition leader was not the first to distance himself from the policy.

Earlier on Monday Senator Jonno Duniam and Senator Paul Scarr, who held the home affairs and immigration portfolios respectively under Ms Ley, denied contributing to the plan.

The new opposition leader, however, says he supports some elements of the leaked proposal, including deporting migrants who do not share Australia's "core values".

"[If they're] not a citizen and they're temporarily here in this country and it's clear that they don't adopt those core values, they should go," he said.

"I don't think that's particularly controversial."

'Tighten up' on high risk areas

Mr Taylor also said he would look to work with security agencies to stem any issues related to violence, citing the Bondi terror attack as a reason to do so.

Asked whether that could involve social media and background checks for potential migrants, he said he believed security agencies needed to do more.

"I think we need to tighten up on this," Mr Taylor said.

"I think the work that needs to be done to make sure the people coming into our country are the right people, and that they're not going to bring the hate and violence of another place to our shores, needs to be ramped up. 

"Our intelligence agencies clearly need to be at the heart of that. 

"There will be some higher-risk regions than others and those principles will be in our immigration policy when we announce it."

He was then asked to elaborate on whether areas like northern Nigeria, the southern Philippines or tribal areas of Afghanistan could be targeted under a new policy.

"I think it is obvious that there are some parts of the world where we are more likely to see people who are going to bring hate and violence to our country than others," Mr Taylor said.

"That doesn't mean you necessarily shut the door on those places, but it does mean you do the work to make sure the people who are coming are not people who are going to threaten their way of life and bring violence to our country."

'More supply': Taylor's housing fix

As well as his strong stance on immigration, last week Mr Taylor said he was looking to return the dream of home ownership to young Australians.

Australia remains in the midst of a housing crisis, with median house prices rising across many states.

Mr Taylor told 7.30 his solution was more supply.

"What we need in our housing market is more supply," he said.

"That's how we'll get more accessibility and more affordability."

Asked if he had any bold new ideas or was simply "going to return to the policies that were repudiated by voters of the last election", Mr Taylor claimed the Coalition had the solution and he had seen it in his local area as a result of infrastructure investment.

"The way to get more housing is to have more supply," he repeated. 

"In my own electorate, we've seen a rapid increase in the number of homes up towards the new Western Sydney airport. 

"Why? Because when we were in government, we invested in the infrastructure necessary to support that new housing to be built, to build fantastic communities."

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